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Videos/historical research on espionage, intelligence, counter-intelligence, and secure communications. Always seeking more spy gadgets and stories! Contact us!

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NEW VIDEO: This week we look into the SIGINT capabilities that Italy's Cy4Gate has been selling to select spy agencies, along with some real-world cyber espionage operations that involved them. https://t.co/CyZpgGJ2JX

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#SpyNews - week 24 (June 7-13):
A summary of 63 espionage-related stories from week 24 coming from 🇺🇸🇷🇺🇬🇧🇨🇳🇦🇫🇬🇷🇮🇱🇺🇦🇩🇪🇦🇺🇮🇷🇮🇪🇯🇵🇹🇼🇵🇭🇵🇰🇫🇷🇰🇷🇾🇪🇱🇰🇬🇪🇱🇧🇸🇾🇵🇸🇰🇭🇻🇳🇧🇪🇮🇶🇱🇾 https://t.co/87tVEcs1Il

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NEW VIDEO: In this week's episode we look into a, not so widely known, mysterious forgery that hit the UK in 2024.
https://t.co/7ZMGPnRQjQ

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#SpyNews - week 23 (May 31-June 6):
A summary of 66 espionage-related stories from week 23 coming from 🇬🇪🇮🇳🇵🇰🇺🇸🇲🇽🇦🇫🇬🇧🇮🇶🇵🇸🇮🇱🇮🇷🇨🇳🇨🇿🇹🇼🇫🇷🇻🇳🇦🇹🇸🇾🇹🇷🇭🇺🇷🇺🇸🇪🇺🇦🇯🇵🇩🇪🇬🇷🇫🇮🇮🇹🇿🇦🇦🇺🇨🇦🇳🇿🇭🇷🇵🇭🇪🇸🇱🇾🇧🇪🇲🇲 https://t.co/DyWHeJ33iu

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In 2023 an anarchist from the city of Sassari in Italy, found this bug magnetically attached to his car. It had 1) antenna; 2) microphone; 3) power connectors; 4) magnets; 5) transmitter with SIM card and GPS. It had the inscription RM320-8285 GPS.
Source: https://t.co/0Pqwi4S8GS

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NEW VIDEO: This week we look into an old (2012), once top secret, NSA programme to hack people using Tor for anonymisation.
https://t.co/FZzfLfOk7L

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#SpyNews - week 22 (May 24-30):
A summary of 50 espionage-related stories from week 22 coming from 🇷🇺🇫🇷🇷🇸🇪🇪🇳🇴🇺🇦🇨🇳🇺🇸🇻🇳🇦🇷🇮🇷🇮🇱🇱🇹🇧🇭🇦🇺🇹🇷🇸🇾🇳🇱🇦🇲🇦🇿🇬🇧🇸🇱🇧🇪🇰🇷🇯🇵🇩🇪🇮🇳🇵🇰🇮🇹🇲🇳🇬🇪🇬🇷 https://t.co/JDNQjlXnEg

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NEW VIDEO: We just added this in our archived content/footage playlist. A lesser known espionage/HUMINT case from Mongolia.
https://t.co/Jl7pMMX1eU

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Challenge coin from the Dutch mil intel (MIVD), almost certainly from the agency's activities in Ukraine. It says "Team Expeditionair" and "Per Terram Per Mare Per Aerem" (By Land By Sea By Air), a phrase used regularly by SOF/unconventional forces
Source: https://t.co/ennI0tqIYu

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NEW VIDEO: Today we're looking into a rare manual cryptosystem that NSA's S14 (Tactical Applications Division) designed in 1969-1972 and codenamed it CIRCE.
https://t.co/paYL7eJADD

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Our next #TradecraftSunday episode is here! This time we talk about cryptonyms, code names, and code words... Let us know what tradecraft you'd like us to cover next.
https://t.co/RGoC1vUCIv

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#SpyNews - week 21 (May 17-23):
A summary of 48 espionage-related stories from week 21 coming from 🇨🇳🇺🇦🇷🇺🇳🇴🇮🇱🇺🇸🇬🇧🇮🇳🇵🇰🇬🇷🇨🇺🇹🇷🇫🇮🇪🇪🇦🇹🇩🇪🇦🇿🇵🇱🇦🇫🇮🇶🇮🇷🇲🇰🇰🇵🇰🇷🇳🇱🇧🇾🇱🇻🇧🇷🇰🇿🇹🇭🇸🇴🇨🇿🇦🇲🇧🇭🇻🇳🇸🇬🇵🇭 https://t.co/CDNm4lFiqa

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NEW VIDEO: This week we're looking at a recent (2025) espionage case from Ukraine that, among others, involved a Chinese spy camera.
https://t.co/2UN2hkmgqO

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#SpyNews - week 20 (May 10-16):
A summary of 62 espionage-related stories from week 20 coming from 🇮🇷🇮🇱🇺🇸🇷🇺🇨🇳🇦🇺🇵🇱🇺🇦🇳🇱🇹🇷🇬🇧🇨🇦🇮🇳🇯🇵🇨🇾🇸🇦🇦🇪🇸🇪🇱🇹🇧🇾🇧🇬🇫🇮🇩🇰🇪🇪🇨🇿🇫🇷🇬🇷🇪🇸🇩🇪🇮🇹🇳🇴🇸🇬🇦🇹🇵🇸🇲🇽🇩🇿🇦🇿🇨🇺🇦🇫🇳🇵https://t.co/6emVvrU1EF

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NEW VIDEO: This week we go through two recent electronic components from an FSB-certified Russian military communications system, likely from a T-80 MBT.
https://t.co/wB9ZLOgpEn

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@compitsols Not really, but someone did find the exact spot. Here:
https://t.co/ppQKHbznqN

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@SpyCollection1 Lieu de commémoration des Casemates, Luxembourg
📍(POV) 49.61187, 6.13664
🔗https://t.co/JaKoKFJhoe

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Can you geolocate this?
And do you know of any interesting spy spots there?
#OSINTChallenge

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#SpyNews - week 19 (May 2-9):
A summary of 49 espionage-related stories from week 19 coming from 🇦🇹🇷🇺🇧🇾🇺🇦🇺🇸🇨🇺🇯🇲🇫🇷🇦🇿🇮🇷🇮🇱🇬🇪🇨🇳🇮🇹🇵🇱🇸🇪🇰🇵🇨🇭🇩🇪🇳🇴🇧🇭🇫🇮🇬🇧🇭🇰🇯🇵🇧🇪🇭🇷🇦🇷🇬🇷 https://t.co/0e1WPtR9pQ

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NEW VIDEO: This is almost certainly the very first time on the internet where CIA paramilitary Cold War era Operations JEANINE and ZORRO are explained in such detail. Check it out! (for detailed sources and exact coordinates, check the video's description)
https://t.co/S704KPg1hs

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New #TradecraftSunday episode is here! In this episode we look into how people get radicalised and become terrorists, using some of the frameworks used by intelligence services use to teach this subject to their officers. https://t.co/uD4l9jJ6Uq

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#SpyNews - week 18 (April 26-May 2):
A summary of 55 espionage-related stories from week 18 coming from 🇮🇹🇨🇳🇺🇸🇬🇧🇨🇩🇸🇱🇦🇹🇺🇦🇷🇺🇲🇩🇫🇷🇲🇦🇮🇷🇩🇪🇬🇪🇰🇵🇸🇪🇽🇰🇷🇸🇮🇱🇱🇧🇮🇳🇱🇹🇻🇦🇹🇼🇱🇻🇵🇰🇹🇭🇲🇾🇲🇲🇱🇰🇵🇱🇯🇵🇻🇳🇧🇾🇧🇭🇿🇲🇸🇴🇹🇷🇸🇾🇳🇱🇨🇦🇬🇷 https://t.co/OI24qNtMrC