This week in 2016, Russia’s GRU unleashed "Industroyer" malware against a Ukrainian electric firm, disrupting electricity to the city of Kyiv. Six GRU officers were indicted by DOJ in 2020 for this and another #cyberattack on Ukraine’s power grid in December 2015.
National Counterintelligence and Security Center
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We lead the effort to protect our nation against intelligence and security threats.
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The National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC) is the nation’s premier source for counterintelligence and security expertise and a trusted mission partner in protecting America against foreign and other adversarial threats. We lead and support the U.S. Government’s counterintelligence (CI) and security activities critical to protecting our nation; provide CI outreach to U.S. private sector entities at risk of foreign intelligence penetration; and issue public warnings regarding intelligence threats to the U.S.
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- 2004
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- Insider Threat, Physical Security, Personnel Security, Supply Chain Risk Management, Critical Infrastructure, Counterintelligence, Technical Security, and Know the Risk, Raise Your Shield
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#OTD 1946, US Army cryptanalyst Meredith Gardner and his team began cracking VENONA, the KGB’s diplomatic and spy communications system, by decoding a KGB message on the list of scientists working on the Manhattan project. VENONA decrypts revealed massive Soviet spying in America
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#ICYMI: At last week's #WSJCEOCouncil summit, NCSC Director Mike Casey highlighted key foreign threats to the U.S. business community, ranging from cyber intrusions & insider threats to sabotage. Tune in for more on these threats and ways to mitigate risk. https://lnkd.in/e98Z6Tvu
Defending America From Its Biggest Threats
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#OTD in 1996, FBI agent Earl Edwin Pitts was arrested for providing information to Russia on FBI personnel, ongoing investigations, counterintelligence program strategies, and operational methodology. Pitts later pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 27 years in prison.
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Don’t be a pawn. Repressive regimes have sought to use US-based persons, including private investigators, law enforcement officers, and members of diaspora communities, to surveil & target perceived critics in the US. See the bulletin from NCSC and FBI at: https://lnkd.in/ecf625Q9
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US startups are key targets of foreign threat actors looking to steal technology--posing problems for startups and their investors. NCSC's guidance can help investors improve security in their portfolio companies, thereby protecting their investments. https://lnkd.in/ecbS_bfg
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#This week in 1961, KGB officer Anatoliy Golitsyn defected to the US while in Helsinki. He provided @CIA insights into KGB operations & ID'd Georges Paques, a French national at NATO, as a Soviet spy. Paques was later convicted in France for passing French & NATO secrets to the Soviets.
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Think outside the box when it comes to #cyber. Is your company prepared to defend against other approaches used by foreign threat actors to acquire data, technology, and talent?
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#OTD 1998, nuclear physicist Peter Lee was sentenced to prison for passing secrets to China & making false statements. While working at Los Alamos National Lab, he disclosed classified info to Chinese scientists during a trip to China and lied about the trip on security forms.
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