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#SpyNewsย - week 24 (June 7-13): A summary of 63 espionage-related stories from week 24 coming from ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ผ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ถ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡พ medium.com/@thespycollectionโ€ฆ
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NEW VIDEO: In this week's episode we look into a, not so widely known, mysterious forgery that hit the UK in 2024. youtube.com/watch?v=jaY5nMJwโ€ฆ
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#SpyNewsย - week 23 (May 31-June 6): A summary of 66 espionage-related stories from week 23 coming from ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ถ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ผ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฒ medium.com/@thespycollectionโ€ฆ
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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/2023โ€ฆ
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#SpyNewsย - week 22 (May 24-30): A summary of 50 espionage-related stories from week 22 coming from ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท medium.com/@thespycollectionโ€ฆ
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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
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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=aixZyLklโ€ฆ
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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=LdsFqYaJโ€ฆ
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#SpyNewsย - week 21 (May 17-23): A summary of 48 espionage-related stories from week 21 coming from ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ถ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ด๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญ medium.com/@thespycollectionโ€ฆ
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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=o0MQARcEโ€ฆ
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#SpyNewsย - week 20 (May 10-16): A summary of 62 espionage-related stories from week 20 coming from ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ตmedium.com/@thespycollectionโ€ฆ
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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-WX4nโ€ฆ
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#SpyNewsย - week 19 (May 2-9): A summary of 49 espionage-related stories from week 19 coming from ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท medium.com/@thespycollectionโ€ฆ
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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=kdTI83XRโ€ฆ

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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-edGvโ€ฆ

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#SpyNewsย - week 18 (April 26-May 2): A summary of 55 espionage-related stories from week 18 coming from ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฝ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ผ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ด๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท medium.com/@thespycollectionโ€ฆ
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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=gcjf4-74โ€ฆ

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#SpyNewsย - week 17 (April 19-25): A summary of 52 espionage-related stories from week 17 coming from ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ด๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท medium.com/@thespycollectionโ€ฆ
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