Chinese Embassy in NY is a Spy Hub, so is the UN

Posted on September 25, 2020September 25, 2020 by Denise Simon

Primer:

January of 2020, a reported United Nations hacked revealed the infiltration of spies.

U.S. Boots Cuban Diplomats for Running Spy Ops on American ...

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A New York City police officer

charged with acting as an agent for China

has been denied bail by a US federal judge in New York. And in January of 2020

NYPD Officer Allegedly Acted as Agent for Chinese ...

Prosecutors pointed to Baimadajie Angwang’s financial records showing “unusually large” wire transfers to and from China and the possibility that the 33-year-old defendant – a naturalised US citizen who is accused of spying on fellow ethnic Tibetans – might flee to China’s consulate in New York. Read more...

CIA Labs Launches for Advanced Research Projects

Posted on September 23, 2020September 23, 2020 by Denise Simon

This new initiative is to allow the agency to attract and retain scientists and engineers, who are highly sought after by some of America’s top technology firms, like Google and Oracle. MIT’s Technology Review, which wrote about this initiative, referred to it as a “skunkworks”.

The Central Intelligence Agency announced Monday the launch of its first-ever federal lab, a new internal organization that will allow its officers to obtain patents and licenses for intellectual property they create while working at the agency. Read more...

SecDef Says China, Russia Have ‘Weaponized Space’

Posted on September 17, 2020September 17, 2020 by Denise Simon

Primer: Now we are beginning to understand the creation of the new military branch known as the Space Force and further it is important to embrace the work of NASA and SpaceX.

U.S. Charges 5 Chinese for Hacking 100 Companies

Posted on September 17, 2020September 17, 2020 by Denise Simon

US says APT41 orchestrated intrusions at more than 100 companies across the world, ranging from software vendors, video gaming companies, telcos, and more.

The US government has filed charges today against five Chinese nationals for hacking into more than 100 companies across the world, part of a state-sponsored hacking group known as APT41. Read more...

2 Iranians Charged with Stealing Terabytes of National Security Data

Posted on September 17, 2020September 17, 2020 by Denise Simon

JTN: Two Iranian nationals have been charged in connection with an intermittently state-sponsored campaign to target computers inside the United States, Europe and the Middle East, the Department of Justice announced Wednesday. The cyber-intruders acted at times on behalf of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the DOJ said.

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In a 10-count indictment dated Sept. 15, Iranians Hooman Heidarian, 30, and Mehdi Farhadi, 34, were charged with stealing hundreds of terabytes of data. The purloined data included a range of confidential documents pertaining to national security, foreign policy intelligence, aerospace data, and unpublished scientific research, the DOJ said. Read more...