Cyber-Enabled Economic Warfare: Assessing US Strategy
Insights from Samantha Ravich. thediplomat.com · by Mercy A. Kuo, The Diplomat · March 21, 2018 Trans-Pacific View author Mercy Kuo regularly engages subject-matter experts, policy practitioners, and...
View ArticleFriendship, It’s A Good Thing
An old friend of 20+ years just wrote to me and put three buzz words into his email. IO, IW, and Cyber. I went off. This morning I reviewed doctrine, policy, and practices from 1996, 2003, and...
View ArticleCanada Tries Domestic Bulk Collection: It Just Might Work
By Leah West Monday, March 26, 2018, 7:00 AM Canada is embarking on the most substantial overhaul of its national security institutions and governance in over three decades. Should C-59, a national...
View ArticleThe long read Gangster’s paradise: how organised crime took over Russia
Fri 23 Mar 2018 02.00 EDT Under Vladmir Putin, gangsterism on the streets has given way to kleptocracy in the state. By Mark Galeotti I was in Moscow in 1988, during the final years of the Soviet...
View ArticleEU states expel 30 Russian diplomats – 26 March 2018
By ANDREW RETTMAN BRUSSELS, TODAY, 17:58 EU and Nato allies on Monday (26 March) expelled dozens of Russian diplomats in reaction to the chemical weapon attack in the UK. Fourteen EU countries,...
View ArticleAnother Former Russian Intelligence Officer Poisoned in the UK (21) –...
Anonymous expert compilation, analysis, and reporting. I’m curious what, possibly, Russia has for the UK in response to comparing Russia with Nazi Germany. The comparison is appropriate, in many ways....
View ArticleThese are all the countries that are expelling Russian diplomats
By Angela Dewan, Milena Veselinovic and Carol Jordan, CNNUpdated 1724 GMT (0124 HKT) March 26, 2018London (CNN)It’s the biggest collective expulsion of alleged Russian intelligence officers in history,...
View ArticleThree presidential cards
“(S)at down like a needle” really means ‘sat down on a needle’, as in ‘injected like an addict needs a drug’. I had a bunch of Russian speakers respond to my question about that saying. Basically,...
View ArticleHow To Identify A Russian Troll On Facebook
If someone’s picture is too good to be true, it probably is, and, if that person is sending you a friend request, they definitely are. The fastest and easiest way to identify a Russian troll on...
View ArticleRussia Officially Invents New Theory Blaming UK
Russia officially blames the UK for the assassination attempt on Col Skripal and his daughter. Demand? “These statements leave us no choice but to forcefully demand full information on the progress of...
View ArticleCambridge Analytica has blurred the line between persuasion and manipulation
The company identified the psychographics of individuals to create deliberately provocative messaging Alicia Wanless – for CBC News March 23, 2018 Cambridge Analytica is the latest strategic...
View ArticleAnother Former Russian Intelligence Officer Poisoned in the UK (21) – Addendum
Anonymous expert compilation, analysis, and reporting. In contemporary parlance, the Russians are butthurt. There is no way to blame others where Russia does not look like they are unfairly blaming...
View ArticleObama official: We could have stopped Russian trolls
Oh no, you couldn’t have. Not ethically, not morally, and certainly not legally in the public’s eyes. Not without a boatload of propaganda. Oops, I mean PR. Yes, and the implication of this article is...
View ArticleCybercom’s ‘Command Vision’ Aims to Maintain Superiority in Cyber Domain
Jane Edwards March 26, 2018 Latest News, Tech & Cyber 44 Views The U.S. Cyber Command has issued a new strategy that seeks to help the command achieve and maintain superiority in the cyber space...
View ArticleAnother Former Russian Intelligence Officer Poisoned in the UK (22)
Anonymous expert compilation, analysis, and reporting. </end editorial? Current expulsion tally sits at 139, including NATO and UN expulsions, and several other EU nations may further contribute to...
View ArticlePutin Finally Went Too Far
Russia has thrown a slew of charges against the West, mostly as diversions One charge, however, I believe, might be spot on. Russia is accusing the US of rallying other nations to oust Russian...
View ArticlePrime Minister Theresa May gives an oral statement to Parliament on National...
This is probably the best statement concerning Russian rogue behavior ever. Madam Prime Minister, excellent. The breadth and depth of the Russian Information Warfare program and tools are properly...
View ArticleDefense secretary Jim Mattis serves up a strong condemnation of Russia’s...
David Choi US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis condemned Russia’s escalating global provocations in a press conference with reporters on Tuesday. Among other things, Mattis referenced a nerve-agent attack...
View ArticleIt’s The Analysis, Not Influence, That Won The Past Three Elections
I was just reminded how Obama ran for office in 2008 and then again in 2012. I heard stories about his tremendous database of names and phone numbers, and how he had some great algorithms which told...
View ArticleRussia to Britain – Prove your own spies did not poison Skripal
How does one prove a negative? Answer? You can’t. This is yet another attempt by Russia to divert attention from Russia. The UK does not have the history, does not have the motivation to...
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