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Dr Ian Stanier Buckingham Centre for Security & Intelligence Studies. NPCC IPRC. #HUMINT. Lead PG CERT http://bit.ly/3V7qxM1 & MA http://bit.ly/3X6YHBu
PODCAST: #38 Dr Ian Stanier, former head of the U.K. Counter-Terrorism Policing’s HUMINT Unit, discusses informant management, informant motivation, the Stasi and the recruitment of Kim Philby. Listen via Reducing Crime on m.soundcloud.com/reducingcrime/…
British man guilty of trying to spy for Russia. A British man who "dreamt about being like James Bond" has been found guilty of trying to spy for what he believed to be Russian intelligence service agents.#HUMINT #Covert #spying bbc.com/news/articles/…
Briton found guilty of volunteering to spy for Russia. Howard Phillips, 65, from Harlow, Essex, handed over the home address and landline for Grant Shapps, his local MP & then the defence secretary, during an undercover sting by MI5. #undercover #HUMINT news.sky.com/story/briton-f…
The FBI & the NCSC release “The Nevernight Connection” to raise awareness of how hostile actors use fake profiles & other forms of deception on social media to target individuals in govt, business & academic communities for #recruitment & info gathering. dni.gov/index.php/ncsc…
Currently reading Alexander Orlov’s 1963 book. He was the author of the original (1936) Handbook of Intelligence and Guerilla Warfare used by the NKVD. He later defected to the West. Within are the origins of a source motivation framework that later evolved into M.I.C.E.
Researchers in Finland have managed to outline the structure & geographic footprint of a highly secretive Russian signals intelligence (SIGINT) unit by studying commemorative badges issued by the Russian government. #intelNews.org #OSINT #Cyber intelnews.org
Crime gang sentenced. Acting on intelligence, Metropolitan police officers used investigative techniques including extensive call data and conventional surveillance to track Deborah Mason and her couriers’ movements. #OCG #Covert theguardian.com/society/2025/j…
Profile: Russian military intelligence - GRU cyber and hybrid threat operations - GOV.UK gov.uk/government/pub…
Three military intelligence units from Russia's GRU espionage agency and 18 officers have had UK sanctions placed on them for allegedly "spreading chaos and disorder on [Russian President Vladimir] Putin's orders". bbc.com/news/articles/…
The UK has exposed 18 Russian spies and their units responsible for cyber-attacks in Britain and hacking one of the victims of the Salisbury poisonings, David Lammy, the UK foreign secretary, has said. theguardian.com/politics/2025/…
The identities of more than 100 British officials, including members of the special forces and MI6, were compromised in a data breach that also put thousands of Afghans at risk of reprisal, it can be reported. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
One thing that struck me while going through the Cambridge spy network files was the amount of information not readily available in books. The general assumption in most (but by no means all) books was they were motivated by ideology. These documents paint a more varied picture.
Excellent visit to the National Archives where our @BUCSIS2 students poured over the original MI5 files on the Cambridge spy network and the Portland spy network . Highly recommend the MI5 exhibition as well. #HUMINT
The next University of Buckingham’s intake for its PG Cert / MA Covert Action, HUMINT & Psychology of Intelligence Elicitation starts 29th September 2025. Taught entirely online. Part or full time. ELCAS eligible. For more information visit bit.ly/43YoDo1 @metpoliceuk
Retired Army officer pleads guilty to sharing classified Russia-Ukraine war info on dating site | AP News #HUMINT #Motivation apnews.com/article/slater…
The next University of Buckingham’s intake for its PG Cert / MA Covert Action, HUMINT & Psychology of Intelligence Elicitation starts 29th September 2025. Taught entirely online. Part or full time. ELCAS eligible. For more information visit bit.ly/43YoDo1 @metpoliceuk
The next University of Buckingham’s intake for its PG Cert / MA Covert Action, HUMINT & Psychology of Intelligence Elicitation starts 29th September 2025. Taught entirely online. Part or full time. ELCAS eligible. For more information visit bit.ly/43YoDo1 @metpoliceuk
Russia's agents killed after intelligence officer shot dead, says Ukraine. On Sunday, Ukraine's national police said the two agents killed were "citizens of a foreign country", without giving any further details. Moscow had no immediate response. bbc.com/news/articles/…
Ukrainian intelligence officer accused of sabotage attacks in Russia shot dead in Kyiv. Ivan Voronich was part of the Security Services of Ukraine (SBU) & is thought to have been involved with missions aimed at embarrassing Vladimir Putin. #assassination lbc.co.uk/world-news/ukr…
