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Czech Republic
Czech email-spoofing site emerges in notorious hacking cases

Some of the world's longest-running hacking cases have one thing in common: the presence of a little known Central European email-spoofing company, Emkei.

Israel
NSO Group veterans launch OSINT start-up IntelEye

Maor Sellek and Ziv Haba, two former employees of Israeli cyber-intelligence firm NSO Group, have teamed with business development specialist Oshrat Kakon Faribai to found the start-up IntelEye.

China, India
New Delhi joins deep sea war

India is mobilising a specialised research centre to develop AI algorithms for naval intelligence to counter Beijing's ambitions and underwater intelligence operations in its waters.

United States
SS8 gets an Algiers foothold

US company SS8 has won a major contract with Algerian intelligence, despite their usual preference for Chinese suppliers.

Germany
German budget crisis puts strain on intelligence recruitment

With the German authorities still trying to reach agreement on the 2024 budget, the BND is struggling to recruit, due to a lack of financial visibility, and the government's increasingly stringent gender policy requirements.

Ukraine, United States
Private diplomacy consultants campaign in US for Ukraine's economic security

Having long taken a stance against Russian influence in Syria, the network of British ex-diplomats and consultants coordinated by Independent Diplomat is supporting the efforts of a Ukrainian NGO run by a political communicator with close ties to media collectives.

Lithuania, Ukraine
Lithuania's Milasauskas brothers ramp up detonator production for Ukrainian drones

Lithuanian start-up RSI Europe is boosting its production of low-cost remote detonation systems, developed specially for Ukrainian forces in partnership with the defence ministries of both countries.

China, Russia
Wolvesfleet and iFlight Technology use backdoor route to get supplies to Moscow

Russia is receiving large quantities of Chinese Wolvesfleet interception (SIGINT) equipment and iFlight Technology drones. It is using parallel supply circuits to cover its tracks.

France
French anti-corruption agency wants to regain control of compliance programmes

Following guidelines aimed at limiting the use of foreign consultancies, the AFA is working to take back control of programmes pertaining to judicial public interest agreements, the French answer to the US and UK's "deferred prosecution agreements".

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
Musical chairs at Mintz Group, security outsourcing in Poland, risk management in Ukraine, ex-FBI agent at StoneTurn

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

Washington/San FranciscoMintz Group reshuffles management team

BialystokWarsaw outsources security for military bases in the north-east

MykolaivBright Bird's consultants close to military administration

New YorkEx-FBI agent Christopher Favo at StoneTurn