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OSINT specialist Social Links launches revamp

The open source intelligence specialist Social Links has a new chief executive as it seeks out fresh markets.

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Kimmel in Istanbul, McArdle leaves Wallbrook, former Lebanese intelligence veteran in Washington

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: every Wednesday, we report on events big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community.

IstanbulInvestigations veteran Stephen Kimmel joins law firm

LondonAsset recovery expert leaves Wallbrook

WashingtonLebanon's ex-military attaché in Washington becomes legal investigator

New CIA deputy digital innovation lead accelerates shift to AI

Given her background, the CIA's new deputy director for digital innovation is likely to see the agency rely even more on the private sector to get ahead in AI, a vital tool in processing open source data.

Intel agencies fret over Chinese migrants arriving in US via strange new routes

More and more Chinese nationals are turning up in countries where they can travel without a visa as a first step in their bid to settle illegally in the United States or in Europe. This is alarming intelligence services in both Washington and Beijing.

How Taipei slammed brakes on US-led private special forces project

A huge project revealed by Intelligence Online for private US military companies to train an elite unit of civilian "Green Berets" in Taiwan has been halted by the Taipei authorities.

New Space intelligence troubles worry Pentagon agencies

Difficulties facing the US's flagship New Space GEOINT actors illustrate the persistent fragility of the ecosystem, on which the Pentagon has at last just released a report.

Venezuela's PDVSA hires lobbying help as asset battle heats up

The Venezuelan state-run oil firm has hired The Daschle Group to forge a public affairs strategy over the sale of some of its assets in the United States, just as US sanctions against Caracas are poised to resume on 18 April.

CT Group sees Russian litigation funder's hand behind legal woes

The funder of Russian litigation in London A1 is keeping watch on a court case in which CT Group is being asked to provide the source of its intelligence. The communication and investigations firm led by Lynton Crosby was asked once before to provide proof in a separate case.

Pentagon contractors return to Georgia, on the front line against Russia

With funding from the Pentagon, US defence services groups are gradually returning to Tbilisi, in line with the boosting of bilateral military cooperation. Georgia's reawakening could change the situation in the Caucasus vis-à-vis Russia.

Ukrainian company at vanguard of NATO's information wars

Founded during the war and backed by Ukrainian intelligence, Osavul, a start-up specialising in the fight against disinformation, is racking up contracts.

FBI takes interest in suspected hacking of robotics company

Robot manufacturer Digital Dream Labs has accused a former employee of hacking the Pittsburgh-based business. It has hired a corporate intelligence firm to assist it while the FBI investigates.

In trouble over Russian links, oil trader Niels Troost hires ex-Biden aide to fend off sanctions

Troost has hired Ankit Desai to advance his case in Washington, after being sanctioned by the UK.

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OSINT specialists turn to 'no-auth' to investigate on social networks

As social networking giants such as Meta take action against operators of fake profiles or avatars, open source intelligence specialists are developing new techniques to probe sites requiring authentication.

Ghosts of the American private military company Mozart Group haunt Yerevan

The name of the private security company, wound up a year ago, has come up again in Armenia. Its senior executives are far away, however, trying to settle their differences before the US courts.

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Fired Kroll top executive hits back with lawsuit

The corporate intelligence firm alleges in a complaint that Anna Povinelli took confidential documents home with her, while Povinelli accuses the company of sexual harassment and discrimination.