espionage

Russian influence in Africa has deep historical roots, from supporting an attempted coup in Ghana to spreading fake political news in Algeria and training African fighters in Crimea. FRANCE 24 looks back on four little-known…

When Russian President Vladimir Putin develops his network of influence in Africa, he isn’t doing so at random. He is drawing on the rich history of Soviet relations with African countries that dates back to the 1960s and the…

A Chinese-state advanced persistent threat (APT) actor tracked as Storm-0558 hacked into email accounts at multiple government agencies, and was able to lay low for over a month until being discovered and kicked out by Microsoft, it…

A revised law dramatically expanding China's definition of espionage came into force on Saturday, giving Beijing more power than ever to punish what it deems threats to national security. Issued on:…

AnAir National Guardsman accused of leaking US military secrets pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to six federal counts of willful retention and transmission of classified information relating to national defense, a court filing…

Suspected state-backed Chinese hackers used a security hole in a popular email security appliance to break into the networks of hundreds of public and private sector organisations globally, nearly a third of them government…

© Reuters. The first page of the U.S. Justice Department's charging document against former U.S. President Donald Trump and his employee Waltine Nauta, charging Trump with 37 criminal counts, including charges of unauthorized retention…

North Korea had confirmed Tuesday that it planned to launch what it called "military reconnaissance satellite No. 1" before June 11, having already told Japan of its plans a day earlier. Issued on:…

A state-sponsored Chinese hacking group has been spying on a wide range of US critical infrastructure organisations, from telecommunications to transportation hubs, Western intelligence agencies and Microsoft MSFT.O said on…

Last month another US firm, management consultants Bain & Co, were “visited” by Chinese police. Its employees were questioned and computers and phones were confiscated.Then, on Monday, state media broadcast images of raids on multiple…