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US Intelligence Contractors Working for UAE, Blurring Lines of Loyalty

By Steve Balestrieri | February 1, 2019 Coalition SOF, Cyber-attack, espionage, SOF, SOFREP News

There have been several disturbing trends being seen in the Middle East involving U.S. contractors working for local governments. There were reports of former Delta Force commandos working in Yemen. Even more so was the bombshell two days ago about American intelligence professionals working in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) who conducted offensive cyber warfare More »

Hamas Using Fake Dating Apps, World Cup, Honeypots to Spy on Israeli Troops

By Special Operations | July 4, 2018 Admin, Army, Cyber-attack, espionage, Israel, Military Aviation, SOF, SOFREP News, SpecOps, Terrorism, Weapons

Hamas hacked into hundreds of smartphones of Israeli soldiers using fake dating and World Cup apps in order to gain sensitive information about the Israeli military and bases around the Gaza strip. The IDF’s Military Intelligence conducted an investigation which found that the 11 Hamas operatives (three approached soldiers on WhatsApp, eight approached soldiers on More »

Maryland Voters: “No, We Got This” Reject Chelsea Manning’s Bid

By Steve Balestrieri | June 29, 2018 Admin, Army, Cyber-attack, espionage, History, Opinion, SOFREP News

Chelse Manning’s longshot bid for a U.S. Senate seat from Maryland came to an ignominious end this week, as she and several other Democratic challengers were routed by incumbent Senator Ben Cardin. Cadrin is seeking his third term as a Senator after serving in the House for 20 years. Cadrin tallied 80.4 percent of the More »

Chinese Hackers Steal Sensitive Data on US Submarines

By Special Operations | June 11, 2018 Admin, Cyber-attack, espionage, Navy, Sea Power, SOF, SOFREP News, US SOCOM, Weapons

Sensitive data about U.S. submarine research has been hacked from an unnamed government contractor by Chinese hackers working for China’s Ministry of State Security or MSS. Included in the loss were six hundred fourteen gigabytes of data which were stolen, including submarine communications data and information on a secretive project known as Sea Dragon. The Washington More »

Facebook Allowed Chinese National Security Threat to Access User Data

By Special Operations | June 7, 2018 Admin, Cyber-attack, espionage, History, SOFREP News, Weapons

In the latest flap over the Facebook ongoing saga, the social media giant allowed a Chinese firm charged by the federal government as a national security threat to access to user information, without the consent of the individual. Facebook confirmed to Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., the top Democrat on the Senate intel panel, the social More »

Suspect for CIA Hacking Tools Dump in Jail on Child Pornography

By Special Operations | May 16, 2018 Admin, Cyber-attack, espionage, SOF, SOFREP News, Weapons

The suspect in the CIA’s hacking tools release onto WikiLeaks is a former agency computer programmer, a black eye for the organization as it details all of the cyber weapons arsenals according to court documents that have been released. Joshua Adam Schulte, the former agency programmer has not been charged with stealing or passing along More »

European Spy Chiefs Warn of Russian Hybrid Threats

By Special Operations | May 15, 2018 Cyber-attack, France, Germany, History, Science, SOF, SOFREP News, Terrorism

The Russian meddling in the United States, as well as other elections, is now going to be the norm, in addition to cyber warfare, disinformation campaigns and more traditional espionage the European heads of intelligence warned on Monday. The Sergei Skripal assassination attempt in the UK is a prime example. After the attack, it was More »

Russian Hackers Disguised as ISIS, Threaten US Military Spouses

By Special Operations | May 8, 2018 Admin, Air Force, Army, Cyber-attack, Navy, SOF, SOFREP News, USMC, Weapons

In a brazen false-flag operation, a number of Russian hackers, the same ones who supposedly tried to influence the U.S. presidential election, posed as Islamic State terrorists and threatened the lives of U.S. military spouses. Army wife Angela Ricketts was soaking in a bubble bath in her Colorado home, leafing through a memoir, when a More »

Trump Pushing for New Branch of the Military: Space Forces

By Special Operations | May 2, 2018 Air Power, Cyber-attack, Military Aviation, SOFREP News, US SOCOM, Weapons

President Donald Trump has again said that the realm of outer space is one where the U.S. military needs to be involved in and wants a new branch of the military dedicated to it. The President stumped his idea in the White House while hosting members of the West Point football team for a “Space More »

TechVets Teaching Veterans About the Cyber Security Trade

By Special Operations | April 9, 2018 Admin, Cyber-attack, SOF, SOFREP News, SpecOps

For many veterans, the prospect of finding a good job is difficult when leaving the service as many of their skills don’t translate into the private sector. Finally, something is being done about matching the skillsets of military veterans with technology and the skills shortage in cybersecurity. In the past 12 months alone, there have More »

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