Humiliated by the Hamas attack in 2023, the country’s military intelligence agency is reviving an Arabic-language recruitment program for high school students and training all troops in Arabic and Islam. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/02/world/israel-spy-training/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #israel #israelhamaswar #espionage #hamas #arabic #middleeast

A Japanese employee of Astellas Pharma, who has been sentenced to three years and six months in prison for espionage in China, did not appeal the ruling by a Monday deadline, embassy officials said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/29/japan/crime-legal/astellas-no-appeal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #espionage #chinajapanrelations #astellaspharma #china

Iran has embarked on a massive deportation drive of the country’s 3 million-plus population of Afghan refugees, some of whom authorities say aided Israel’s airstrikes on the country last month. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/28/world/politics/iran-afghans-israel-spying/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #iran #afghanistan #israel #espionage #middleeast #taliban

Brussels wasn’t supposed to be the capital of Europe.
Here’s how the unplanned capital of Europe happened:
🔗 https://www.ryanjhite.com/2025/07/20/how-brussels-accidentally-became-the-capital-of-europe/
#EU#Brussels#Europe#Geopolitics#History#NATO#Espionage

Brussels wasn’t supposed to be the capital of Europe.
Here’s how the unplanned capital of Europe happened:
🔗 https://www.ryanjhite.com/2025/07/20/how-brussels-accidentally-became-the-capital-of-europe/
#EU#Brussels#Europe#Geopolitics#History#NATO#Espionage

A Japanese employee of Astellas Pharma, who was sentenced to three years and six months in prison for espionage in China on Wednesday, has no intention to appeal the ruling. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/20/japan/crime-legal/japanese-man-china-spy-ruling-no-appeal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #chinajapanrelations #espionage #astellaspharma

Concerns are growing among Japanese firms operating in China after a Chinese court on Wednesday found an employee of major Japanese drugmaker Astellas Pharma guilty of spying. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/17/japan/japan-firms-in-china-worry-spying-charges/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #chinajapanrelations #astellaspharma #espionage

A Chinese court sentenced a Japanese citizen to a prison term for espionage, in a verdict that threatens to damage ties between Asia’s two largest economies. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/16/japan/crime-legal/china-court-jails-japanese-executive/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #chinajapanrelations #china #astellaspharma #espionage

A district court in Beijing will hand down a ruling on Wednesday for a Japanese employee of Astellas Pharma, who has been charged with espionage in China, sources have said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/11/japan/crime-legal/china-court-astellas-pharma-ruling-date/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #astellaspharma #espionage #china #chinajapanrelations

A senior Ukrainian security officer was gunned down in a residential parking lot in Kyiv on Thursday before his assailant fled on foot in broad daylight, according to authorities and video footage. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/11/world/crime-legal/ukrainian-spy-colonel-shot-kyiv/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #ukraine #espionage #russia #russiaukrainewar

China is urging government workers to remain vigilant against overseas threats after it uncovered three spying plots, including one involving a "honeytrap." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/10/asia-pacific/china-foreign-spying-honeytrap/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #china #espionage

Japan has taken another important step toward deepening ties with individual members of the Five Eyes intelligence group by inking a classified information-sharing deal with Canada. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/09/japan/politics/japan-canada-intelligence-sharing/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #foreignministry #canada #canadajapanrelations #takeshiiwaya #espionage

The threat from espionage is high in Switzerland as global insecurity increases, with the main threats emanating from Russia and China, the country's Federal Intelligence Service warned Wednesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/03/world/swiss-spying-russia-china/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #espionage #china #russia #switzerland #europe

Espionage 🤝 Cybercrime :: TA829 🤝 UNK_GreenSec

Our extensive visibility into the threat landscape has led us to conclude that there is very likely a link between TA829 (a cybercriminal actor also conducting #espionage in line with Russian state interests) & UNK_GreenSec (a #cybercriminal cluster observed deploying #malware and #ransomware).

See our research blog for a technical analysis of the intriguing overlap between the threat actor clusters. https://brnw.ch/21wTN3n

Taiwan's VP said she won't be intimidated by Beijing after Czech intelligence said Chinese operatives had followed her and planned to intimidate her during a visit to Prague last year. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/29/asia-pacific/politics/taiwan-china-czech-plot/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #taiwan #hsiaobikhim #czechrepublic #china #espionage

Chinese diplomats and secret service followed Taiwan's Vice-President-elect Hsiao Bi-khim and planned to intimidate her physically when she visited Prague last year, Czech military intelligence said on Friday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/28/asia-pacific/politics/czech-intelligence-china-intimidation-taiwan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #taiwan #china #espionage #czechrepublic

Chinese spying and attempts by Beijing to undermine Britain's democracy and economy are on the rise, an "audit" commissioned by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer found. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/25/world/politics/uk-chinese-spying/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #davidlammy #uk #china #espionage #keirstarmer