Posts Tagged ‘insider threat’
Soldier admits spying against NZ by trying to give military base maps to foreign country
A soldier with links to several far-right groups has admitted trying to pass on critical and classified information about New Zealand Defence Force bases to what he thought was a foreign agent, but was actually an undercover officer. The name of the soldier and the country he attempted to give the information to are suppressed,…
Read MoreHamilton constable suspended after posting content from extremist groups, following CBC investigation
Hamilton police have suspended a longtime officer while they review his social media posts, which include content re-shared from far-right groups, anti-immigrant messages and posts in support for a coup against the government. Following a CBC visual investigation into white nationalist “active clubs” training in the Hamilton area, a reader contacted CBC Hamilton to share…
Read MoreArmy soldier charged with attempting to share sensitive data on US tanks with Russia
A 22-year-old US Army soldier in Texas was arrested Wednesday and charged with attempting to send sensitive information about US battle tanks to Russia, the Justice Department said in a news release. Federal prosecutors allege that Taylor Adam Lee, who is an active-duty service member stationed at Fort Bliss and possesses a very high, top-secret…
Read More3 men accused of facilitating terrorism in alleged extremist plot denied bail
Three men facing terrorism-related charges in an alleged anti-government plot to forcibly take over land in the Quebec City region have been denied bail. Judge René de la Sablonnière made the decision in Quebec City’s courthouse Wednesday. The Crown opposed bail for Simon Angers-Audet, 24, Raphaël Lagacé, 25, and Marc-Aurèle Chabot, 24. The three men…
Read More5 soldiers wounded at Fort Stewart in shooting; accused shooter identified as Army sergeant
Fort Stewart officials announced the identity of a suspect during a news conference after five soldiers were wounded in a shooting in southeast Georgia on Wednesday. During the news conference, Brig. General John Lubas, Fort Stewart and 3rd Infantry Division Commanding General, said the suspect was identified as 28-year-old Sgt. Quornelius Radford, a logistics sergeant.…
Read More‘Ideologically motivated violent extremism’: 4 Quebecers, including members of Canadian Armed forces, arrested
Four Quebecers, including active members of the Canadian Armed Forces, who were allegedly involved in activities of “ideologically motivated violent extremism” with the intention of “forcibly take possession of land in the Quebec City area” have been arrested by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). Three of the accused, Marc-Aurèle Chabot, 24, of Quebec City,…
Read MoreJustice Department Charges Two Individuals with Acting as Agents of the PRC Government
Two nationals of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) made their initial appearances in federal court in Portland, Oregon, and Houston, Texas, yesterday to face charges issued out of the Northern District of California for acting as agents of the Government of the PRC without prior notification to the Attorney General. The defendants, Yuance Chen,…
Read MoreFormer CIA Analyst Sentenced to Over Three Years in Prison for Unlawfully Transmitting Top Secret National Defense Information
A former CIA analyst was sentenced today to 37 months in prison for unlawfully retaining and transmitting Top Secret National Defense Information to people who were not entitled to receive it, information which was publicly posted on social media platforms in October 2024. According to court documents, Asif William Rahman, 34, of Vienna, was an…
Read MoreU.S. Government Employee Arrested for Attempting to Provide Classified Information to Foreign Government
An IT specialist employed by the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) was arrested today for attempting to transmit national defense information to an officer or agent of a foreign government. Nathan Vilas Laatsch, 28, of Alexandria, Virginia, was arrested today in northern Virginia, and will make his initial court appearance in the Eastern District of Virginia…
Read MoreFormer National Guardsman allegedly plotted ISIS-inspired attack on Michigan military facility
A former member of Michigan’s Army National Guard was arrested for allegedly plotting to carry out an ISIS-inspired mass attack on a military facility near Detroit, according to newly unsealed court records. Ammar Abdulmajid-Mohamed Said, 19, allegedly engaged in detailed attack planning to carry out a mass shooting at the U.S. Army’s Tank-Automotive & Armaments…
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