Critical technologies—such as elements of artificial intelligence and biotechnology—are necessary to maintain U.S. technological superiority. As such, they are frequently the target of theft, espionage, and illegal export by adversaries. Keep Reading
Wei Sun, 49, a Chinese national and naturalized citizen of the United States, was sentenced to 38 months in prison by District Court Judge Rosemary Marquez this week. Keep Reading
It bills itself as "the last sunny corner on the internet." 50 million Americans spend nearly an hour each day scrolling through a never-ending parade of short videos made by other users. Keep Reading
Foreign students and exchange visitors from 59 countries would no longer be able to stay inside the country indefinitely without occasionally checking in with American authorities. Why these limits and why now? Keep Reading
According to court documents, from December 1996 to January 2011, Peter Rafael Dzibinski Debbins, 45, a former member of the U.S. Army, allegedly conspired with agents of a Russian intelligence service. Keep Reading
Members of “non-traditional” religious organizations are as easy to recruit as believers of “privileged” churches. Moreover, it is easier to put pressure on such organizations; this applies not only to the Protestant, but also to any other churches. Keep Reading
Where UAS are concerned, it’s becoming incredibly important to know where the UAS and its key parts are produced, particularly as it relates to the use of UAS for purposes of espionage and potentially for delivery of a biological or other type of explosive device. Keep Reading
In 2010, the FBI discovered a deeply undercover network of spies living here illegally. Many of them lived for decades under foreign names, successfully impersonating foreigners, and even their own children did not know who their parents really were. Keep Reading
On Dec. 29, 2016, the Obama administration announced that it was giving nearly three dozen Russian diplomats just 72 hours to leave the United States. Keep Reading
APT41 is unique among tracked China-based actors in that it leverages non-public malware typically reserved for espionage campaigns in what appears to be activity for personal gain. Keep Reading
Operators are encouraged to limit UAS access to networks and integrate UAS assessment in risk mitigation. Keep Reading
Jerry Chun Shing Lee, 54, left the CIA in 2007 and began residing in Hong Kong. In April 2010, two Chinese intelligence officers (IOs) approached Lee and offered to pay him for national defense information. Keep Reading
Assistant U.S. Attorney Rolando Garcia told Magistrate Judge William Matthewman during a bond hearing that "there are a lot of questions that remain" about 32-year-old Yujing Zhang. Keep Reading
Details are only emerging now despite it being believed the execution took place in late 2016, a few months after Muthana was killed. Keep Reading
Elite Iraqi counterterrorism unit also sent in a fortune teller to take down a series of ISIS high-level leaders. Keep Reading
The U.S. has reportedly warned Germany that it would no longer fully share intelligence information with the European ally as it has in the past if the country works with Huawei to boost its domestic tech infrastructure. Keep Reading
As part of her work on behalf of the Iranian government, she conducted research about USIC personnel that she had known and worked with, and used that information to draft “target packages." Keep Reading
The cumulative effect of China’s cyber-enabled economic espionage has been to “erode the United States’ long term position as a world leader in innovation." Keep Reading
Baratov’s role in the charged conspiracy was to hack webmail accounts of individuals of interest to his coconspirator who was working for the FSB and send those accounts’ passwords to Dokuchaev in exchange for money. Keep Reading
ZTE has close ties with China's government, and U.S. officials have raised concerns that its phones and other devices could be used as surveillance tools against Americans. Keep Reading