Thread by @_JakubJanda

THREAD ON THE CAUGHT FSB RING IN PRAGUE:

Yesterday, director of Czech counterintelligence agency (BIS) Michal Koudelka told Czech Parliament that his service disabled a FSB-run network of operatives in Prague.

Here are details explained by @okundra from @RESPEKT_CZ :

- Czech counterintelligence agency (BIS) together with Czech police (NCOZ) dissolved the FSB group in 2018.

- Several Russian citizen and several ethnic Russians who acquired Czech citizenship were ran by the FSB in Prague. They were watched by Czech intel for several years.

- Group consisted of two private companies in Prague, both selling IT stuff. Outside of this cover business, they were conducting offensive cyber espionage operations.

- Their hardware was imported to Prague from Russia using officially accredited cars of Russian diplomats (!)

- Similar groups were operating in other European countries and they were conducting joint operations aganist European targets.

- Full story:
respekt.cz/politika/bis-r…