Israeli firms sold invasive surveillance tech to Indonesia: Report | Cybersecurity News

Israeli firms sold invasive surveillance tech to Indonesia: Report | Cybersecurity News

An international investigation has found that at least four Israeli-linked firms have been selling invasive spyware and cyber surveillance technology to Indonesia, which has no formal diplomatic ties with Israel and is the world’s most populous Muslim nation. The research by Amnesty International’s Security Lab – based on open sources…

Germany detains trio suspected of spying for China | Espionage News

Germany detains trio suspected of spying for China | Espionage News

The alleged spies have been working with Chinese agents for at least two years, authorities say. Germany has arrested three people suspected of supplying sensitive technologies to China. Prosecutors said on Monday that the German nationals handed technologies with potential military purposes to Chinese intelligence, with whom they have been…

Burkina Faso kicks out three French diplomats over ‘subversive activities’ | Espionage News

Burkina Faso kicks out three French diplomats over ‘subversive activities’ | Espionage News

Gwenaelle Habouzit, Herve Fournier and Guillaume Reisacher, who allegedly met civil society leaders, have 48 hours to leave. Burkina Faso has accused three French diplomats of “subversive activities” and ordered them to leave the country within 48 hours, according to a foreign ministry letter viewed by Reuters and Agence France-Presse…

Former US diplomat who spied for Cuba sentenced to 15 years in prison | Espionage News

Former US diplomat who spied for Cuba sentenced to 15 years in prison | Espionage News

Victor Manuel Rocha conducted one of the longest-lasting infiltrations of the US government, the Justice Department said. Victor Manuel Rocha, a former United States diplomat, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after admitting to acting as an agent of Cuba, in what the US Department of Justice has…

Biden ‘considering’ Australian request to drop case against Assange | Espionage News

Biden ‘considering’ Australian request to drop case against Assange | Espionage News

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says US president’s comments encouraging. United States President Joe Biden has said he is “considering” a request by Australia to end the decade-long push to prosecute WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange over the release of troves of classified documents. Australia’s parliament in February passed a motion…

Pakistan slams Indian minister’s remarks on pursuing suspects across border | Politics News

Pakistan slams Indian minister’s remarks on pursuing suspects across border | Politics News

Islamabad said the comments undermine peace and impede the prospect of constructive engagement. Pakistan has denounced “provocative remarks” made by Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, who said in an interview that India would enter Pakistan to kill anyone who escapes over its border after trying to carry out attacks. Singh’s…

Is India behind targeted killings in Pakistan? What we know | Espionage News

Is India behind targeted killings in Pakistan? What we know | Espionage News

Islamabad, Pakistan — Since June 2021, Pakistan has tracked and accused Indian intelligence agencies of multiple attempts — some successful — at assassinating individuals New Delhi views as terrorists sheltered by Islamabad. On Thursday, British newspaper The Guardian backed those claims, three months after Pakistan’s government formally levelled similar allegations against…

Russia detains South Korean in country’s east on suspicion of spying | Espionage News

Russia detains South Korean in country’s east on suspicion of spying | Espionage News

Baek Won-soon was detained in Vladivostok earlier this year – the latest foreign national to be imprisoned in Russia. Russia has detained a South Korean in the country’s east, accusing him of spying. Citing the authorities, the Russian state-run TASS news agency identified the man as Baek Won-soon and said…

China broadens law on state secrets to include ‘work secrets’ | Espionage News

China broadens law on state secrets to include ‘work secrets’ | Espionage News

Revised law requires government agencies to protect pieces of information ‘that are not state secrets but will cause certain adverse effects if leaked,’ state media says. Chinese lawmakers have expanded Beijing’s state secrets law for the first time since 2010, widening the scope of restricted sensitive information to “work secrets”,…

Australian writer Yang Hengjun sentenced to death on China spy charges | Espionage News

Australian writer Yang Hengjun sentenced to death on China spy charges | Espionage News

Yang has been detained for five years on charges of espionage that he and Australia have rejected. Australian writer Yang Hengjun, who was detained in China on espionage charges in 2019, has been handed a suspended death sentence by a court in Beijing. The terms of the sentence mean Yang’s…