Denis Alimov, FSB Alfa veteran and senior operative of Russia's new and "most secretive" assassination unit, walked into El Dorado Airport in Bogotá on Feb 24 looking like a tourist heading to Cartagena. He walked out in handcuffs.
He was undone by Google Translate.
🧵New @TheInsider investigation with @DerSpiegel — thread below.
Senator Ron Wyden and Rep. Shontel Brown are calling for an investigation into the vulnerability of modern computers to what the NSA calls TEMPEST: spy techniques that pick up devices' secrets via their accidental electromagnetic/radio/acoustic emissions. https://t.co/Igi2i0WEOE
It is a good thing for Australia, the Middle East and the world that the Ayatollah and many of his most senior Islamic Republic regime officials are dead. 1/4
Check out @BassiJustin speaking on how global insecurity is feeding social insecurity ⬇️
Reminder that political violence doesn’t just occur—it grows where aggression in public discourse is practised, platformed & consumed as entertainment. https://t.co/VO9OuGHWpr
Jason Van der Schyff, Fellow at @ASPI_org and Gregory Smith, Director of Technology Supply Risks, Department of Home Affairs, are bringing #Australia’s experience to the discussion. As grey-zone activities increase we need to work more closely with trusted partners.
After MPs were told to switch off phones during a 🇨🇳 delegation visit to Parliament House, @vanderjas told @australian: “Phones are now part of the battlespace & states with the capability & intent will exploit them whenever the opportunity presents.”
🗞️: https://t.co/g7MrJ9UXWl