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MbS in London, the UK FARA, Rome between Beijing and Delhi, DGSE ethics

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community.

Saudi Arabia/UKDate set for MbS London visit

United KingdomBritish FARA not up to scratch

ItalyRome split between ties with China or India

FranceDGSE bolsters ethics

Indonesia eyes monitoring technology from India's L&T for new capital

Indonesia is looking to be a player in the smart cities stakes, and its officials were recently shown New Delhi's Integrated Command and Control Centre, built with Israeli know-how.

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Beijing taunts Quad countries with new observation satellite

The launch of the L-SAR4-01 satellite just before the BRICS summit might have appeared to be a routine event. A detailed study of its trajectory however shows that it has settled into a position just above Australia, India and Taiwan.

Corporate intelligence firm Nisos assists investigation into 'widespread theft'

Nisos has tracked down the identity of staff members of Homeworkify, a site that is being sued by education firm Chegg, Inc..

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Worldwide battle over Indian-run hacking for hire converges in North Carolina

The many facets of ENRC's legal battle with its former lawyer Neil Gerrard have all ended up before a court in North Carolina, USA. The Kazakh firm is helping businessman Farhad Azima seek proof that Gerrard ordered Indian firm CyberRoot to wage a cyberattack.

Beijing strengthens military footprint on Indian border with Bangladesh's help

Five months of closed-door negotiations have enabled the Chinese Communist Party to take advantage of the Teesta River dredging Memorandum of Understanding to gain a major military upper hand on the Chinese-Indian border near Sikkim.

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Guoanbu securing non-Chinese passports for its agents

The Chinese army's mobilisation on the border with Arunachal Pradesh reaffirms the Chinese Communist Party's interest in the territory. Chinese intelligence services are also obtaining Indian passports for their personnel by facilitating marriages between men from Arunachal Pradesh and Chinese women.

Quad's China maritime surveillance projects get off to shaky start

Japan and Australia have been the most responsive in implementing a common Indo-Pacific satellite maritime surveillance system for the Quad Indo-Pacific intelligence partnership, but national differences in capacity are hampering integration.

Forensics firm Innovative Driven testifies in new legal action against alleged hackers for Ras Al Kaimah

Relaunching a fresh round in the battle against former operators for the Ras Al Kaimah Investment Authority (RAKIA), accused in other proceedings of hacking-for-hire operations, Oussama El Omari has submitted testimony from a Forensics investigator.

BRICS constellation caught between technical deficiencies and an impossible political balancing act

The BRICS countries' vast earth observation cooperation programme is intended to be a counterweight to the US' big plans for the QUAD alliance. Although it is politically attractive, close analysis of the capacities so far put in the common pot show intrinsic weaknesses and an inevitable over-dependence on Chinese sensing devices.

China makes strides in precision geostationary satellite imagery thanks to US research

China is quietly making moves to become the first country to operate high-precision observation satellites in geostationary orbit, which would give its intelligence services a broader and more continual coverage of earth. Western countries are lagging behind.

India and US shore up border surveillance on China

Though still impervious to India's requests for a greater military presence in the region, Washington has accepted supporting Indian armed forces in their bid to regain disputed territories currently under the control of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.

Israeli OSINT firm Cyberglobes prospects in India

Israel's Cyberglobes, a particularly active exporter of open source intelligence solutions despite its ban from Facebook and other US platforms, has recently been prospecting in India.

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UAE, Saudi Arabia, India and South Korea secretly supply missiles to Ukraine

While officially neutral, a number of Western defence industry client countries are indirectly helping Ukraine's war effort by providing access to their weaponry stocks. Intelligence Online investigates the supply of French Crotale, Mistral and Milan missiles for use against Russia.

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Israel's NSO and Candiru eye new Indian interceptions contract

The Israeli cyberintelligence firm NSO Group is circling a tender with India's Research & Analysis Wing, but Indian officials are reticent to team with the company behind the Pegasus spyware. Candiru, which is close to NSO, would also like a slice of the action.