Posts Tagged ‘insider threat’
Germany warns of increased Iranian espionage targeting the Bundeswehr
Germany’s military intelligence has heightened vigilance after Iran designated the Bundeswehr and other EU armed forces as “terrorist groups” in response to the European Union placing Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on its terror list. The Iranian move, which Tehran framed as a countermeasure, creates a new threat environment for German military facilities and…
Read MoreMaryland U.S. Navy Vet turned contractor accused of stealing secret national defense information
A U.S. Navy Veteran turned federal government contractor is accused of stealing secret classified national defense information. Aurelio Luis Perez-Lugones was granted top security clearance as a systems engineer and information technology specialist for a federal government contractor based out of Annapolis Junction located near the border of Anne Arundel and Howard Counties. The FBI…
Read MoreFormer U.S. Navy Sailor Sentenced to 200 Months for Spying for China
Today, the Justice Department announced that Jinchao Wei, a former U.S. Navy sailor who was convicted of espionage by a federal jury in August 2025, was sentenced in federal court to 200 months in prison. Wei, 25, also known as Patrick Wei, was arrested in August 2023 on espionage charges as he arrived for work…
Read MoreAldrich Ames, CIA officer convicted of spying for Russia, dies at age 84
Aldrich Ames, a counterintelligence officer for the CIA who spied for the Soviet Union and later Russia, has died, according to a Bureau of Prisons spokesperson. Ames, who was serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole, died Monday at the age of 84 at the Federal Correctional Institution in Cumberland, Maryland. The 31-year…
Read MoreFormer San Antonio City Council staffer arrested for threats toward District 9 office, affidavit says
A staff member for a San Antonio City Council district office has been arrested on a terroristic threat charge, according to an email obtained by KSAT from City Manager Erik Walsh to Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones and the city council. Bryan Naylor was arrested Monday, Bexar County court records show. Naylor, who was employed by…
Read MoreTwo Virginia Men Arrested for Conspiring to Destroy Government Databases
Two Virginia men were arrested today for their roles in a conspiracy to destroy government databases hosted by a federal government contractor, among other crimes. “These defendants abused their positions as federal contractors to attack government databases and steal sensitive government information. Their actions jeopardized the security of government systems and disrupted agencies’ ability to…
Read MoreBaltimore firefighter trainee threatened classmates, multiple weapons found in vehicle at academy, sources say
A trainee at the Baltimore City Fire Academy was reportedly threatening to harm his classmates, and multiple weapons were found in his vehicle, according to details exclusively obtained by WJZ Investigates. Police responded to the incident at the academy on Tuesday. The call came into the Southeast District around noon on Tuesday, police said. According…
Read MoreU.S. Citizens and Chinese Nationals Arrested for Exporting Artificial Intelligence Technology to China
Two U.S. citizens and two nationals of the People’s Republic of China (PRC)—all residing in the United States—have been charged with a conspiracy to illegally export cutting-edge NVIDIA Graphics Processing Units (GPUs), which have artificial intelligence (AI) applications, to the PRC, announced Assistant Attorney General John A. Eisenberg for the Justice Department’s National Security Division…
Read MoreQuebec men accused in alleged extremist plot will go to trial following federal indictment
Three men accused of facilitating terrorism in Quebec will be sent to trial after the federal Crown prosecutor’s office filed a direct indictment on Nov. 7, along with new charges. The move effectively bypasses a preliminary inquiry requested by the men’s lawyers in September. Filed with authorization of the attorney general of Canada or deputy…
Read MoreNational Guardsman Arrested and Charged with Export Violation
Canyon Anthony Amarys, 28, of Alamogordo, New Mexico, was arrested on October 28 in connection with his indictment for the attempted violation of the Export Control Reform Act. Amarys will make his initial appearance today in federal court in the District of Kansas at 1:30 p.m. Central Time. According to the indictment, in February 2025,…
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