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US television channel CNN reported on Russian plans to kill a top executive of a German defence company. NATO confirmed this ...

The Department of Special Tasks has brought together veterans of the Kremlin’s most daring clandestine operations to carry out assassination attempts and sabotage overseas.

Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access ...

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin criticized Armin Papperger, CEO of German defense conglomerate Rheinmetall, during a closed ...

According to NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary-General for Innovation, Hybrid, and Cyber James Appathurai, the Russian intelligence services had formulated a plot to assassinate Rheinmetall CEO ...

In 2024, US intelligence reportedly helped thwart a Russian plot to kill Papperger. James Appathurai, NATO's Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Innovation, Hybrid, and Cyber, confirmed the ...

Speaking during a European Parliament committee meeting on hybrid warfare on Tuesday, NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary-General for Innovation, Hybrid, and Cyber James Appathurai blamed Moscow for ...

according to NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary-General for Innovation, Hybrid, and Cyber James Appathurai.” See you tomorrow.

Russia is "the main actor" in hybrid attacks on the alliance, said a senior NATO official following a spate of incidents.

Foreign interference via so-called micro-influencers is a problem in the Netherlands. NATO executive James Appathurai warned on Tuesday that many countries are dealing with this issue, and experts ...