The US national intelligence director has begun staffing her office with people who share her worldview and willingness to follow the White House rhetoric. This is despite the fact that, more than two months after taking up its duties, the ODNI is still in its transitional phase.
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Agencies Israeli investor Ofer Levin claims to have been hacked by Indian firm Belltrox during arbitration proceedings against an American businessman. Levin has applied to a Florida court to force the latter to provide evidence of the activities of which he claims to be a victim.
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Corporate Intel The State Council and the Guoanbu are honing their new strategy while remaining loyal to the descendants of the Chiang Kai-shek family. To this end, they are drawing on reports from Beijing's discreet Institute of Taiwan Studies.
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Back-door diplomacy A detailed report by leading technical intelligence agencies which takes a closer look at the workings of a group of hackers in the pay of Beijing cites an Intelligence Online investigation published in January.
Frenchman Pierre-Henri Chuet, a former French Air Force pilot turned YouTube star, is the subject of a preliminary investigation by the Paris Public Prosecutor's Office for allegedly spying for China. Intelligence Online already reported back in 2019 on how the Chinese army has for years been training with Western pilots.
Announced by the French interior minister Bruno Retailleau in March, the new body to fight against organised crime should be operational by late April. The unit will house eleven separate entities in the headquarters of the judicial police in Nanterre, just outside of Paris.
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