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A top-secret Chinese spy satellite just launched on a supersized rocket
Enlarge / A Long March 5 rocket, the largest launcher in China’s inventory, deployed a classified Chinese military satellite into orbit Friday. China’s largest rocket apparently wasn’t big enough to launch the country’s newest spy satellite, so engineers gave the rocket an upgrade. The Long March 5 launcher flew with a payload fairing some 20 …
China spy suspect is parliamentary aide Chris Cash
A Tory parliamentary researcher arrested on suspicion of spying for China was the director of an influential policy group on Beijing co-founded by the security minister. Chris Cash, 28, was closely linked with Tom Tugendhat and was employed as a researcher by Alicia Kearns, chairwoman of the Commons foreign affairs committee. The suspect is the …
N.Korea Says It Conducted 'Important' Spy Satellite System Test -KCNA
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea said it conducted “another important” test for reconnaissance satellite systems, state news agency KCNA reported on Sunday, a day after regional military authorities reported the launch of a ballistic missile from the country for the second time in a week. The launch … Source link
Machine intelligence – Spy agencies have high hopes for AI | Science & technology
Mar 6th 2021 WHEN IT comes to using artificial intelligence (AI), intelligence agencies have been at it longer than most. In the cold war America’s National Security Agency (NSA) and Britain’s Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) explored early AI to help transcribe and translate the enormous volumes of Soviet phone-intercepts they began hoovering up in the …
North Korea Pfizer hack allegations: South Korean lawmaker and spy agency dispute Covid-19 claims
South Korean lawmaker Ha Tae-keung told reporters Tuesday that he and other members of the National Assembly Intelligence committee were briefed by the country’s spy agency about the alleged attack. Ha’s office confirmed the remarks to CNN on Wednesday. Later that morning, the National Intelligence Service (NIS) put out a statement rebutting Ha’s claims. The …
Jonathan Pollard, Cold War Spy Who Spent 30 Years In U.S. Prison, Arrives In Israel : NPR
Convicted spy Jonathan Pollard, left, with his lawyer, Eliot Lauer, leaves federal court in New York following a 2016 hearing. The former U.S. Navy analyst who spent three decades in prison after pleading guilty to spying for Israel, has arrived in Israel a month after the Justice Department allowed his parole to expire. Larry Neumeister/AP …
John le Carré, definitive Cold War spy novelist, has died at 89
John le Carré, the spy who became an author whose novels defined the Cold War era, has died, his publisher said in a statement on Sunday. He was 89. The cause of death was pneumonia, publisher Curtis Brown CEO Johnny Geller said in a statement. Le Carré, whose real name was David Cornwell, is survived …
John le Carré, best-selling spy novelist, dies at 89
Le Carré’s family said in a statement that he died from pneumonia. He is survived by his wife, Jane, and four sons. “I represented David for almost 15 years. I have lost a mentor, an inspiration and most importantly, a friend,” said Jonny Geller, CEO of literary agency The Curtis Brown Group. “We will not …
Pakistan Use of Spy Technology for Coronavirus Patients Raises Concerns | Voice of America
Pakistan has turned to its spy agency’s terror surveillance technology to track coronavirus patients, which rights activists and medical professionals worry could lead to the “militarization of a health emergency” and stigma toward infected people. Following a spike in the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases, Prime Minister Imran Khan announced on April 23 that the …