Counterintelligence

...ist es, die Zugriffe auf den eigenen Blog zu verfolgen: Google machts möglich und mit ein wenig Gefrickl sieht man auch hablbwegs, wer sich welche Postings mit welchem Betrübssystem von wo aus ansieht. Ich grüsse also Dich, "unbekannter" Besucher und komme zu einem (ähnlichen?) Thema: Die privaten Geheimdienste. In Deutschland dauern ja einige Dinge länger und so erstaunt es mich nicht, dass erst jetzt dieses Thema so ausgebreitet - und in Kürze auch wieder verschwunden sein wird. Die Süddeutsche Zeitung macht daraus einen "Geheimen Krieg" und stellt dazu witzige und interessante, kleine Reportagen ins Netz. Was mir aber auffällt: Das ist nichts besonders Neues und ich habe den leisen Verdacht, dass man sich auch mit der stolz präsentierten sogenannten Datenbank an einem Vorbild vergangener Jahre orientiert hat: "Top Secret America" der Washington Post ging bereits 2010 an den Start. Naja, möglicherweise gab es einen Verweis der Süddeutschen Zeitun

Beside some interesting meetings and events in the past the North Korean intelligence agencies in Europe – sitting in their embassies or using front companies and international organisations as a cover – have to fight on different subjects: Not only looking for business, special materials and cash flow they have to deal with „imperialistic agents“ and „liars“ from human right groups. Refugees, which are of course „tricked“ into Western countries by the „satan“ in Washington, the media, the „gangster clique“ in Seoul and other bad boys, are travelling around and telling the people stories which are more or less untold inside North Korea.  As every other country in the world the North Koreans are looking abroad for maybe problems, which can be dissidents, refugees or activists. While Russian intelligence tries to monitor e. g. Greenpeace in Europe (and elsewhere), North Korea looks for people in Europe (and elsewhere) which are interesting for them. This can be family members, w

...has a lot to do these days in Europe and especially in Berlin... A few remarks and pictures come later.

Somewhere in the South, a friendly harbour... Unfortunately only a simple camera with me, a guarded area in front of me...  Later: many sailors in the pubs, drinking and using their unlocked tablets and smartphones. Harvest time :) I must think about this: It´s from a Russian manual about Cyber warfare: Hm... Next time read it with more passion!

(Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IAI_Harop) Event High-Tech Wars - 14th Annual Foreign Policy Conference Challenges to peace and security in times of drones, robots and digital warfare Berlin, 20. – 21.06.2013 Key Points Member of the Central Party School of the Communist Party of China’s Central Committee (CCPS), Dr. Yabin Liang, emphasizes need for information collection abroad at international conference in Berlin. China is using drones only for civil aspects and monitoring terrorists, mainly in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. Data protection must be partially sacrificed in order to protect citizens from attacks. An open mind Speakers from various countries talked in Berlin about the technological change in modern warfare and conflicts with non-state actors. In the foreground next to the use of drones – better known as Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) – were risks of cyber attacks and

In my text "The enemy within - Counter-intelligence use by non-state actors" from March 2013 ( http://www.janes.com/article/22707/the-enemy-within-counter-intelligence-use-by-non-state-actors ) I mentioned - beside others - the international influence and diffusion of South American drug cartels and Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs like the Hells Angels or Bandidos. I showed the highly critical approach of their members, getting a) military expertise and b) connecting with international criminal chapters and networks during their military duty abroad. Related to this it was interesting for me to read this article:"Marines implicated in massive Camp Pendleton area organized crime ring. NCIS investigated 64 individuals, confiscated $1 million worth of contraband" ( http://www.military1.com/marines/article/403028-marines-implicated-in-massive-camp-pendleton-area-organized-crime-ring ). (The Naval Criminal Investigative Service investigated 64 individuals including act

Clear and brief: This is my new essay about Chinese intelligence, an analysis of today capacities and a forecasting, to read in Jane´s Intelligence Review. http://www.janes.com/article/23922/chinese-whispers-chinese-intelligence-capabilities Beside this I work - together with Jens Rosenke - on a longer paper about Chinese military espionage. This will take a time, but we come along a few interesting aspects, e.g. an assessment of Chinese real military requirements and a new calculation of the number of possible spies, controlled by Chinese institutes in Germany. Till then you can watch a video showing the way Chinese spies are relaxing after work, taken at the Chinese embassy in Berlin: (Unfortunately Blogger can´t spin the video. You see here a line of windows in the upper floor. In the middle there seems to be the gym > a guy is using the bycicle..)