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You don't need to be a rocket scientist to understand why NASA implemented this policy: In July, dual Chinese/American citizen Chenguang Gong admitted to a lengthy industrial espionage campaign that saw him download information on sensors used by aircraft to confuse infrared-seeking missiles, plus data on radiation-hardened cameras that the US placed in orbit to give an early warning of incoming rockets and hypersonic vehicles. China has also recruited spies at the US Navy.

A statement from Eurojust, the European Union's criminal justice coordination body, said it had worked with Romanian, Czech and Hungarian authorities to capture an individual investigated for the crime of treason by way of transmitting state secrets. The Czech Republic expelled a Belarusian diplomat over the affair, as did Moldova. Eurojust did not identify the main suspect but the Hungarian news outlet Telex named him as Alexandru Balan, a former deputy head of the Moldovan intelligence service and for a time its liaison in Kyiv.

Following the success of " Squid Game," the storytelling flair found in Korean dramas has reached new heights in popularity. As with every style of television from every country, there have been pops and fizzles; still, there's something about the imaginative plots and constant cliffhangers that pulls American viewers back to our screens for more K-drama. In the new Hulu espionage thriller "Tempest," a prophetic dream precedes hard times, when an assassination attempt is merely the spark that ignites international conspiracies,

Left without a headstone amid lingering fears of retribution from Moscow, the gravesite of Igor Gouzenko and his wife Svetlana has been identified since 2002 by a large Muskoka rock bearing a plaque with their names and the phrase "We chose freedom for mankind." A small gathering at the grave this weekend marked 80 years since Gouzenko defected from the Soviet Union, smuggling 109 secret documents in his shirt out of the Ottawa embassy and delivering them to the offices of the Ottawa Journal newspaper.

Jian G. was an accredited assistant to Krah throughout the politician's term in the European Parliament, which gave him access to the parliament's negotiations and procedures. While he was there, according to German federal prosecutors, he gathered hundreds of documents that he "reviewed for intelligence purposes, in order to pass on to the Chinese secret service."

An American man who worked at a U.S. military facility in Germany and allegedly offered to supply sensitive information to China has been indicted on espionage charges, German prosecutors said Monday. The suspect, identified only as Martin D. in line with German privacy rules, was arrested in Frankfurt in early November. In an indictment sent to the state court in Koblenz earlier this month, he is charged with having declared his willingness to engage in espionage for a foreign intelligence service, federal prosecutors said.

Starting Tuesday, Waymo vehicles and Uber and Lyft black cars will be permitted back on the mostly car-free section of Market Street below 10th Street. For Uber and Lyft, this will be a pilot program during off-peak hours only, after an April decision by Mayor Daniel Lurie to walk back the fully car-free policy. [Chronicle] A San Jose bus driver was attacked by a knife-wielding man following a confrontation on the bus, after the suspect was repeatedly pulling the stop-request cord.

The man, who is in his late 20s, is accused of having supplied information on embassy activities between March 2024 and November 20, the date of his arrest, according to the charge sheet. In return, he was paid in euros and bitcoin. He is accused of having supplied either the Russians or the Iranians -- or both -- with the contact details of diplomats, embassy staff and their families.

Taylor Adam Lee, a 22-year-old soldier stationed at Fort Bliss in Texas, has been charged with attempted transmission of national defense information to a foreign adversary.

Jian G. is charged with providing information to Chinese intelligence for decades and illegally accessing over 500 classified documents during his time with the European Parliament.

The prison Lindsay has been transferred to is one of the worst in the world, with human rights groups reporting dire conditions. I worry more than I was ever.

Corfu is a small city, on a small island in Greece. From my hotel room I can see the green edge of the cricket pitch where, in John le Carré's A Perfect Spy, the Czech agent, Axel, chased Magnus Pym in slow, limping circles.

Wang’s case exemplifies the blurred line between legitimate investigation and wrongful persecution, raising concerns about the effectiveness of the U.S. strategy against real Chinese espionage.

The real danger in this case isn't the ransom note - it's how Fog turns a simple screen-recorder into a hidden camera. Software is an essential driver of growth and innovation for every company; however, business apps we install on autopilot can suddenly become spy tools, which means trust is the weak spot. Security teams should keep a live map of where every monitoring app is allowed to run and flag it the moment one pops up somewhere odd.

In season five of 'Slow Horses', unexpected citywide events prompt the dysfunctional espionage team to investigate connections, testing their skills amid bureaucratic chaos.