Intelligence

Taiwan Bounty: PRC Cross-Agency Operations Target Taiwanese Military Personnel (Sze-Fung Lee – The Jamestown Foundation)

For the first time, public security authorities in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) are targeting Taiwanese military personnel and so-called “Taiwan independence” (台独)...

Smart Device Empire: Beijing’s Expansion Through Everyday Digital Infrastructure (Matthew Johnson – The Jamestown Foundation)

The PRC is exporting an integrated system of smart devices, data infrastructure, and governance standards. Through industrial policy, state-backed overproduction, and strategic data asymmetry,...

PLA Navy Shifts Training Focus from Near-Shore to Blue-Water Operations (Yu-cheng Chen, K. Tristan Tang – The Jamestown Foundation)

In June 2025, the Liaoning and Shandong carrier strike groups conducted operations in the Western Pacific, achieving three major milestones with significant strategic implications...

Deepfakes and nuclear weapons: Why AI regulation can’t wait (Muhammad Ali Baig – The Interpreter)

The AI-generated deepfake is becoming a familiar feature of political debates, but also a potential national security threat, as US Secretary of State Marco...

Undersea sensors—a US trump card China knows it must eliminate (David Axe – The Strategist)

Unseen, largely unknown and, until recently, highly classified, the US Navy’s vast network of underwater sonars is one of its greatest advantages over rival...

Safeguarding Critical Infrastructure: Key Challenges in Global Cybersecurity (Nidhi Singh – Carnegie India)

Cyberattacks against critical infrastructure (CI) have evolved from isolated incidents to coordinated campaigns by both state and non-state actors. Cyber threats have become increasingly...

Sustaining the U.S. Edge in Remote Sensing, Launch, and Advanced Technologies for National Security (Kathleen Curlee – CSET)

The U.S. space economy has evolved significantly over the past 70 years. What began in the 1950s as a fully government-supported sector has transformed...

China-Based APTs Deploy Fake Dalai Lama Apps to Spy on Tibetan Community (The Hacker News)

The Tibetan community has been targeted by a China-nexus cyber espionage group as part of two campaigns conducted last month ahead of the Dalai...

Europol Arrests XSS Forum Admin in Kyiv After 12-Year Run Operating Cybercrime Marketplace (The Hacker News)

Europol on Monday announced the arrest of the suspected administrator of XSS.is (formerly DaMaGeLaB), a notorious Russian-speaking cybercrime platform. The arrest, which took place in...

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