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Recent Examples of counterintelligence
In a closed-door briefing to lawmakers, Hong Jang-won, first deputy director of South Korea’s National Intelligence Service, said Yoon called after imposing martial law and ordered him to help the defense counterintelligence unit to detain key politicians.
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Hyung-Jin Kim and Kim Tong-Hyung, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
Peter Strzok: former deputy assistant director of the FBI's counterintelligence division who criticized Trump in private texts with Lisa Page.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2024
He was detained in 2021, by the local bureau of China’s counterintelligence agency in the southeastern city of Suzhou after China had closed its borders and imposed tight domestic travel restrictions and social controls to fight the spread of COVID-19.
—Matthew Lee, Fortune, 28 Nov. 2024
The statement came amid an uptick in Israeli counterintelligence activity said to target attempts by Iran to gather sensitive information and plot attacks within Israel.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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Hyung-Jin Kim and Kim Tong-Hyung, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
Peter Strzok: former deputy assistant director of the FBI's counterintelligence division who criticized Trump in private texts with Lisa Page.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2024
He was detained in 2021, by the local bureau of China’s counterintelligence agency in the southeastern city of Suzhou after China had closed its borders and imposed tight domestic travel restrictions and social controls to fight the spread of COVID-19.
—Matthew Lee, Fortune, 28 Nov. 2024
The statement came amid an uptick in Israeli counterintelligence activity said to target attempts by Iran to gather sensitive information and plot attacks within Israel.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for counterintelligence
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China’s recent expansion of its counterespionage law to cover a much wider array of information, coupled with raids on some advisory firms and a pickup in exit bans on foreigners, has made the business environment more uncertain.Jami Miscik, Foreign Affairs, 24 May 2023
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After the 9/11 attacks and the rise of Islamist terrorism, ASIO ran down its counterespionage capabilities in favor of counterterrorism.Clive Hamilton, Foreign Affairs, 26 July 2018
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At the other end of the scale, according to Orange’s research, residential proxy networks have broadly been used for cyber espionage by Russian hackers, in social engineering efforts, as part of DDoS attacks, phishing, botnets, and more.Matt Burgess, WIRED, 19 Dec. 2024
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These vulnerabilities create backdoors that could be leveraged by malicious actors for espionage, data theft or infrastructure disruption.Lars Daniel, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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While not explicitly mentioned, the agreement could lead to further collaboration on military technology or intelligence sharing.Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 25 Dec. 2024
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Up to that point, MicroStrategy had been a middling business intelligence software vendor, but since then, its purchased over 444,000 bitcoins, using its ever-increasing share price as a way to sell stock, raise debt and buy more coin.Ari Levy, CNBC, 25 Dec. 2024
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“Counterintelligence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counterintelligence. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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