The Economist focuses almost solely on the US and UK amongst Western countries (several graphics): Special report: Espionage Espionage Shaken and stirred Technology Tinker, tailor, hacker, spy Gove…
Source: Mark Collins – Spookery Today, Especially SIGINT and Cyber Stuff
Further to this post, The Lions’s Cyber Roar: UK Getting Really Serious, Unlike Canada the head of Britain’s domestic intelligence service gives an unprecedented interview: MI5 head: ‘increas…
Source: Mark Collins – MI5 Chief Highlights Big Bear Spooky and Cyber Threats, Jihadis
Good reporting by Colin Freeze at the Globe and Mail: Canada, China to discuss accord on cybersecurity Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has directed his top security officials to discuss a cyber accor…
Source: Mark Collins – Can Canada Reach a Real Cyber Deal With China?
It’s a brave new espionage world: MI6 to recruit hundreds more staff in response to digital technology Worldwide intelligence agencies increasingly rely upon internet and social media rather …
Source: Mark Collins – MI6: UK HUMINT Spooks Going Cyber, Including Social Media
Further to this May post, “US intelligence: Foreign hackers spying on campaigns” the bits are really hitting the fan–at Foreign Policy’s “Situation Report”: Is Moscow …
Source: Mark Collins – US Election Cyber Security Mess: Democrats, the Bear, the Donald, Whatever
Further to this post, Cyber Espionage vs US Defence Industry: Chinese Resident of Canada Pleads Guilty there is of course no connection to anyone official in Dragonland. Right. See what the Chicom …
Source: Mark Collins – Canadian-Based Cyber Chispy Sentenced in US
At Defense One’s “D-Brief”–one wonders if US pressure has actually been that effective or if the Chinese have their own reasons, e.g. a temporary surfeit of material: ……
John Robson (he tweets @thejohnrobson) lays out the obvious case for the benefit of our new government–which is unlikely to pay much attention: The Chinese government is not Canada’s friend. …
Source: Mark Collins – “China’s government is not Canada’s friend”
Canada’s CSE for its part was pretty active in Afghanistan, and almost certainly now in Iraq, on an obviously much smaller scale than the NSA: Inside the government’s secret NSA program…
Source: Mark Collins – NSA’s Large Foreign Presence Supporting US Wars/Some Five Eyes on Twitter
Who’d a thunk it? Not just Hillary’s e-mail any more–an AP “BIG STORY”: The United States sees evidence that hackers, possibly working for foreign governments, are sno…
Source: Mark Collins – “US intelligence: Foreign hackers spying on campaigns”
