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#SpyNewsย - week 24 (June 7-13):
A summary of 63 espionage-related stories from week 24 coming from ๐บ๐ธ๐ท๐บ๐ฌ๐ง๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ท๐ฎ๐ฑ๐บ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฆ๐บ๐ฎ๐ท๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐น๐ผ๐ต๐ญ๐ต๐ฐ๐ซ๐ท๐ฐ๐ท๐พ๐ช๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฑ๐ง๐ธ๐พ๐ต๐ธ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ป๐ณ๐ง๐ช๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฑ๐พ medium.com/@thespycollectionโฆ
#SpyNewsย - week 23 (May 31-June 6):
A summary of 66 espionage-related stories from week 23 coming from ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฎ๐ณ๐ต๐ฐ๐บ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฆ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ง๐ฎ๐ถ๐ต๐ธ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ท๐จ๐ณ๐จ๐ฟ๐น๐ผ๐ซ๐ท๐ป๐ณ๐ฆ๐น๐ธ๐พ๐น๐ท๐ญ๐บ๐ท๐บ๐ธ๐ช๐บ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฌ๐ท๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐น๐ฟ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐บ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ญ๐ท๐ต๐ญ๐ช๐ธ๐ฑ๐พ๐ง๐ช๐ฒ๐ฒ medium.com/@thespycollectionโฆ
In 2023 an anarchist from the city of Sassari in Italy, found this bug magnetically attached to his car. It had 1) antenna; 2) microphone; 3) power connectors; 4) magnets; 5) transmitter with SIM card and GPS. It had the inscription RM320-8285 GPS.
Source: anarkiviu.wordpress.com/2023โฆ
NEW VIDEO: This week we look into an old (2012), once top secret, NSA programme to hack people using Tor for anonymisation.
youtube.com/watch?v=VbW9MmRfโฆ
#SpyNewsย - week 22 (May 24-30):
A summary of 50 espionage-related stories from week 22 coming from ๐ท๐บ๐ซ๐ท๐ท๐ธ๐ช๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐บ๐ฆ๐จ๐ณ๐บ๐ธ๐ป๐ณ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฎ๐ท๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐น๐ง๐ญ๐ฆ๐บ๐น๐ท๐ธ๐พ๐ณ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฆ๐ฟ๐ฌ๐ง๐ธ๐ฑ๐ง๐ช๐ฐ๐ท๐ฏ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ๐ณ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฌ๐ท medium.com/@thespycollectionโฆ
NEW VIDEO: We just added this in our archived content/footage playlist. A lesser known espionage/HUMINT case from Mongolia.
youtube.com/watch?v=59fY4OX8โฆ
Challenge coin from the Dutch mil intel (MIVD), almost certainly from the agency's activities in Ukraine. It says "Team Expeditionair" and "Per Terram Per Mare Per Aerem" (By Land By Sea By Air), a phrase used regularly by SOF/unconventional forces
Source: ebay.com/itm/198382894744
NEW VIDEO: Today we're looking into a rare manual cryptosystem that NSA's S14 (Tactical Applications Division) designed in 1969-1972 and codenamed it CIRCE.
youtube.com/watch?v=aixZyLklโฆ
Our next #TradecraftSunday episode is here! This time we talk about cryptonyms, code names, and code words... Let us know what tradecraft you'd like us to cover next.
youtube.com/watch?v=LdsFqYaJโฆ
#SpyNewsย - week 21 (May 17-23):
A summary of 48 espionage-related stories from week 21 coming from ๐จ๐ณ๐บ๐ฆ๐ท๐บ๐ณ๐ด๐ฎ๐ฑ๐บ๐ธ๐ฌ๐ง๐ฎ๐ณ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ท๐จ๐บ๐น๐ท๐ซ๐ฎ๐ช๐ช๐ฆ๐น๐ฉ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฟ๐ต๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ท๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฐ๐ท๐ณ๐ฑ๐ง๐พ๐ฑ๐ป๐ง๐ท๐ฐ๐ฟ๐น๐ญ๐ธ๐ด๐จ๐ฟ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ง๐ญ๐ป๐ณ๐ธ๐ฌ๐ต๐ญ medium.com/@thespycollectionโฆ
NEW VIDEO: This week we're looking at a recent (2025) espionage case from Ukraine that, among others, involved a Chinese spy camera.
youtube.com/watch?v=o0MQARcEโฆ
#SpyNewsย - week 20 (May 10-16):
A summary of 62 espionage-related stories from week 20 coming from ๐ฎ๐ท๐ฎ๐ฑ๐บ๐ธ๐ท๐บ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐บ๐ต๐ฑ๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฑ๐น๐ท๐ฌ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ต๐จ๐พ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ช๐ธ๐ช๐ฑ๐น๐ง๐พ๐ง๐ฌ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ช๐ช๐จ๐ฟ๐ซ๐ท๐ฌ๐ท๐ช๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ๐น๐ณ๐ด๐ธ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐น๐ต๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฉ๐ฟ๐ฆ๐ฟ๐จ๐บ๐ฆ๐ซ๐ณ๐ตmedium.com/@thespycollectionโฆ
NEW VIDEO: This week we go through two recent electronic components from an FSB-certified Russian military communications system, likely from a T-80 MBT.
youtube.com/watch?v=GSi-WX4nโฆ
#SpyNewsย - week 19 (May 2-9):
A summary of 49 espionage-related stories from week 19 coming from ๐ฆ๐น๐ท๐บ๐ง๐พ๐บ๐ฆ๐บ๐ธ๐จ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ซ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ท๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฌ๐ช๐จ๐ณ๐ฎ๐น๐ต๐ฑ๐ธ๐ช๐ฐ๐ต๐จ๐ญ๐ฉ๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ง๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ง๐ช๐ญ๐ท๐ฆ๐ท๐ฌ๐ท medium.com/@thespycollectionโฆ
NEW VIDEO: This is almost certainly the very first time on the internet where CIA paramilitary Cold War era Operations JEANINE and ZORRO are explained in such detail. Check it out! (for detailed sources and exact coordinates, check the video's description)
youtube.com/watch?v=kdTI83XRโฆ
New #TradecraftSunday episode is here! In this episode we look into how people get radicalised and become terrorists, using some of the frameworks used by intelligence services use to teach this subject to their officers. youtube.com/watch?v=19r-edGvโฆ
#SpyNewsย - week 18 (April 26-May 2):
A summary of 55 espionage-related stories from week 18 coming from ๐ฎ๐น๐จ๐ณ๐บ๐ธ๐ฌ๐ง๐จ๐ฉ๐ธ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐น๐บ๐ฆ๐ท๐บ๐ฒ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ท๐ฒ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ท๐ฉ๐ช๐ฌ๐ช๐ฐ๐ต๐ธ๐ช๐ฝ๐ฐ๐ท๐ธ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ง๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฑ๐น๐ป๐ฆ๐น๐ผ๐ฑ๐ป๐ต๐ฐ๐น๐ญ๐ฒ๐พ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฑ๐ฏ๐ต๐ป๐ณ๐ง๐พ๐ง๐ญ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ด๐น๐ท๐ธ๐พ๐ณ๐ฑ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ท medium.com/@thespycollectionโฆ
NEW VIDEO: We look into a recent (April 2026) espionage case from Ukraine that, according to Ukraine's SBU, was part of a Russian FSB assassination plot. This marks the 4th confirmed case where this specific GPS tracker is used in real-world spy incidents.
youtube.com/watch?v=gcjf4-74โฆ
#SpyNewsย - week 17 (April 19-25):
A summary of 52 espionage-related stories from week 17 coming from ๐ฎ๐ท๐ฎ๐ฑ๐บ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐บ๐ฆ๐ท๐บ๐ฌ๐ง๐พ๐ช๐ป๐ช๐ซ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ฑ๐ง๐ช๐ธ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ๐ธ๐ด๐ซ๐ฎ๐จ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฒ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ๐ป๐ฌ๐ช๐ง๐พ๐ฆ๐ท๐ธ๐ช๐ฒ๐ณ๐น๐ท medium.com/@thespycollectionโฆ