Cryptocurrency platform FTX's bankruptcy filing in November has delivered a blow to the corporate intelligence world, whose pre-investment due diligence for clients of Sam Bankman-Fried's company has been found wanting.
Ukraine's national security, defence and intelligence committee has put the finishing touches to a new bill strengthening counterintelligence, which remains the SBU's responsibility but will in future come under closer official scrutiny.
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Intelligence Online has learned that Moscow is trying to recuperate the chairman of the Ukrainian aircraft engine manufacturer after his arrest by the latter's internal intelligence department for alleged collusion with the Russian state. This comes just two years after a Chinese company close to the Chinese Communist Party tried to buy the company.
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Lytical Ventures has commented upon a court decision against Uber, for whom RP Eddy's Ergo once conducted a lengthy investigation. Meanwhile, a job applicant's experience suggests that Ergo is not reluctant to play hardball on behalf of its closely guarded list of clients.
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The Centre for Information Resilience, a social enterprise founded by former FCDO officers and whose open source investigations include Ukraine and Afghanistan, is looking for US patrons. As such, it has hired Nina Jankowicz, formerly in charge of counter-disinformation for the Department of Homeland Security.
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To support their legal dispute with Swiss trustee Dieter Neupert over the inheritance of their late husband and father, Lilly Perry and Tamar Greenspoon are suspected of hiring Israeli influence communications specialist Ronen Tzur, who also advised defence minister Benny Gantz.
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Candiru, an Israeli cyber-intelligence company blacklisted by the US Industry and Security a year ago, brought IBI Trust Management into its share capital last month. IBI is the supervisory trustee of Frontex provider Windward.
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