CIA official arrested for classified doc. leak of Israel attack plans

CIA official arrested for classified doc. leak of Israel attack plans

CIA official Asif William Rahman was arrested by the FBI in Cambodia on Tuesday and charged with disclosing classified documents allegedly showing Israel’s retaliation plans against Iran, the New York Times reported on Wednesday. He was brought to a federal court in Guam to face charges.  Rahman was indicted by a US federal court … Read more

Nir Eisikovits: Is AI dominance inevitable? A technology ethicist says no, actually

Nir Eisikovits: Is AI dominance inevitable? A technology ethicist says no, actually

Representative Image (Picture credit: Reuters) BOSTON: Anyone following the rhetoric around artificial intelligence in recent years has heard one version or another of the claim that AI is inevitable. Common themes are that AI is already here, it is indispensable, and people who are bearish on it harm themselves. In the business world, AI advocates … Read more

Mossad chief Barnea to meet Burns in Doha to renew hostage talks

Mossad chief Barnea to meet Burns in Doha to renew hostage talks

David Barnea, the head of Israel’s Mossad, will travel to Doha, Qatar early next week in an attempt to restart negotiations for a hostage release and ceasefire deal with several key figures, Israeli media reported. Barnea will meet with CIA head Bill Burns, Prime Minister of Qatar, Mohammed bin Abdel-Rahman Al-Thani, and the head … Read more

US security expert backs Netanyahu’s Philadelphi Corridor demands

US security expert backs Netanyahu’s Philadelphi Corridor demands

Former CIA director and retired general David H. Petraeus has emphasized that Israel should maintain control of the Philadelphi Corridor, the critical border area between Gaza and Egypt, until a reliable security force is established to prevent the resurgence of Hamas and other extremist groups. Speaking on the Jewish People’s Podcast by the Jewish … Read more

Washington’s indictment shines a bright light on the dark corners of Russian disinformation operations

Washington’s indictment shines a bright light on the dark corners of Russian disinformation operations

The affidavit of an FBI special agent, and the Russian documents attached to it, offer a rare glimpse into the inner workings of a vast Russian network of disinformation. Last week, the U.S. Department of Justice indicted two Russians — both employees of state broadcaster RT — accused of illegally funnelling $9.7 million into a Tennessee media company. … Read more

Chinese cybersecurity firm links US sanctions to its role in uncovering hackers targeting China

Chinese cybersecurity firm links US sanctions to its role in uncovering hackers targeting China

Chinese cybersecurity firm 360 Security Technology has helped Beijing uncover 54 “overseas, state-level” hacking groups, including operatives from the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and National Security Agency (NSA), according to its founder and chairman Zhou Hongyi. Speaking at the firm’s Internet Security and AI Conference on Wednesday, Zhou claimed that its discovery of CIA … Read more

Beijing’s top anti-spy agency accuses Chinese married couple of spying for Britain and passing state secrets to MI6

Beijing’s top anti-spy agency accuses Chinese married couple of spying for Britain and passing state secrets to MI6

Beijing’s top anti-espionage agency said it cracked a major espionage case involving a married Chinese couple who worked for the government while passing information to the British Secret Intelligence Service, or MI6. It is the latest case announced by China’s Ministry of State Security (MSS) amid a public campaign to counter espionage in the country, … Read more

‘Determined to secure an agreement’: Hamas says in a statement

‘Determined to secure an agreement’: Hamas says in a statement

Hamas said on Friday it was sending a delegation to Cairo to discuss a deal for a truce and the release of hostages in Gaza, hours after US CIA Director William Burns arrived in the Egyptian capital, according to Egyptian sources. Egypt, along with Qatar and the United States, has been leading efforts to … Read more