Espionage

Russia expelled two Italian military attachés on Monday in retaliation for Rome’s recent expulsion of two Moscow representatives accused of spying on the Italian government.

The UK will revitalise decades-old plans, nudge public to stockpile food and water, and host an exercise to test its home defence strategy.

Italy expelled two Russian military attachés stationed at the embassy in Rome accused of running espionage operations against the country, Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani announced on Thursday.

A 59-year-old former Italian intelligence official, described by local outlets as an “ex-007,” was arrested on Tuesday alongside another former agent in Rome for spying on behalf of Russia and leaking classified information to Moscow.

At least one of the four eavesdropping facilities in Cuba that China may be utilizing to conduct espionage on the United States is presumed to have become operational, a report published by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) on Thursday revealed.

Chinese spies are posing as online recruiters for fake companies to target individuals with access to classified information and compromise them for Beijing’s benefit, Britain’s MI5 top intelligence agency warned  Wednesday.

Kuwait on Tuesday arrested four alleged members of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and accused them of attempting to infiltrate Bubiyan Island, a Kuwaiti territory close to shipping lanes and oil fields that has a port under construction with Chinese funding.

Israeli national Ami Gaydarov, 22, has been charged with participating in an Iran-backed bomb plot to murder a high-ranking Israeli official – most likely former prime minister Naftali Bennett.

Breitbart News hosted a policy event Thursday examining threats posed by China and the Chinese Communist Party, including discussion of intellectual property theft and cases involving U.S. universities and research institutions.

Qatar said on Tuesday it disrupted two sleeper cells working for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).

Polish army banned Chinese cars from entering military facilities hoping to prevent the collection of sensitive data.

A Greek Air Force officer was arrested on Thursday morning and charged with leaking “secret information” to China through an online intermediary.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Thursday said Beijing will resist growing international pressure to join discussions with the United States and Russia for a trilateral nuclear arms pact to replace the expiring New START treaty.

Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MIT, using its Turkish acronym) and local counter-terrorism police launched coordinated raids in five provinces this week, arresting six individuals suspected of spying for Iran.

A report has found that China has established at least 75 clandestine “influence outposts” across the United Kingdom.

The UK signed off on a Chinese “mega embassy” in London in a move that could have been purpose-timed to cause maximum friction with the U.S..

Former U.S. Navy sailor Jinchao Wei, 25, was sentenced to 200 months in prison on Monday for selling technical data on American ships to Chinese intelligence agents.

French authorities have detained members of a pro-Russia support group and accused them of intelligence-gathering for a foreign power.

British lawmakers have been warned that Chinese spies are posing as employment recruiters to target MPs and parliamentary staff in a bid to obtain “insider insights” on behalf of Beijing’s Ministry of State Security.

China and Russia have reportedly been sending attractive women to the United States to seduce Silicon Valley tech executives and steal their secrets.

China intercepted “vast amounts” of the most classified documents for several years by buying the data centre, Dominic Cummings has claimed.

A man formerly employed by Warsaw city council in its registry of births, marriages and deaths was charged with espionage.

The British government is facing accusations of sabotaging the prosecution of two alleged spies for China for fear of angering the communist regime in Beijing.

German security authorities are warning people against becoming “disposable agents” as worries mount about Russia using social media to find recruits for spying and sabotage in or against Germany.

Taiwan’s Ministry of Justice Investigation Bureau (MJIB) is investigating 16 Chinese firms for “illegal poaching of high-tech talent.” Taiwan’s semiconductor industry is reportedly of particular interest to China.

An American man who worked at a U.S. military facility in Germany and allegedly offered to supply sensitive information to China has been indicted on espionage charges, German prosecutors said Monday.

A Chinese citizen with permanent residency in Australia was charged on Monday with covertly gathering information on an Australian Buddhist group and passing it along to the Public Security Bureau of China.

Chenguang Gong, a 59-year-old resident of San Jose, pleaded guilty on Monday to stealing missile-tracking technology from a research and development firm in the Los Angeles area.

LONDON (AP) – A British man who dreamed of being like James Bond was convicted on Tuesday of attempting to spy for Russia. Howard Phillips, 65, sought to pass information about former Defense Secretary Grant Shapps to two men he

Federal prosecutors in Argentina launched a probe to uncover the logistic and financial networks that allowed Russian spies to enter the country and carry out disinformation campaign efforts, the newspaper La Nación reported Sunday.

A report published on Thursday by the British Parliament’s Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) found that Iran has become a physical and cyber threat to the UK that is nearly on par with Russia.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry acknowledged on Thursday the news of the arrest of two Chinese nationals in Ukraine on charges of espionage for allegedly attempting to steal missile designs, offering few details and claiming Beijing was still “verifying the information.”

Kyiv claims to have arrested a father-son team of alleged Chinese spies attempting to smuggle missile plans to Beijing.

Two Chinese nationals are charged with gathering intel about U.S. Navy bases and recruiting Navy personnel for espionage.

Minister of the British government said attacks by Iranian intelligence on the UK are already regularly ongoing and the threat may increase.