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MI5: more than 100 UK academics worked on research funded by China’s spy agency

In a rare public alert, MI5 says a Chinese research institute is a front for the Ministry of State Security and tells universities to check every link to it.

3 Oct 2026 · 3 min read

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Intelligence

Your car could be listening: Dutch spy agency warns microphones and cameras can be hijacked

The AIVD says connected cars collect vast data that state actors can reach, and advises against confidential conversations inside vehicles.

3 Oct 2026 · 3 min read

Civilian research vessel with radar domes sailing along a snow-covered Norwegian fjord

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Fishing boats and research ships used to spy on Norway’s coast, security service warns

Norway’s PST says foreign states use civilian vessels to map infrastructure and could use them to prepare sabotage, and asks seafarers to report suspicious activity.

3 Oct 2026 · 3 min read

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The drone bomb that didn’t explode: how a failed Leipzig attack exposed a suspected Russian sabotage network

Investigators link an intact explosive found at Leipzig Airport to caches in Lithuania. Western officials blame Russian military intelligence; Moscow denies involvement.

3 Oct 2026 · 3 min read

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Brazil’s spy agency told Europe both the US and Russia are meddling in its election

Days before Sunday’s vote, Reuters reports that Abin warned a French-German delegation of interference from Washington and Moscow. Neither has accepted the claims.

3 Oct 2026 · 3 min read