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Feb 1 5 tweets 3 min read
"Our adversaries want to know what our weapon systems & space platforms can do...disrupt our operations" @NSAGov Cybersecurity Directorate Tech Dir Neal Ziring tells @INSAlliance

"We of course have to prevent this" by making sure vulnerabilities get fixed & stay fixed, he says
"Chinese threats in cyberspace are huge" per @NSAGov Cybersecurity Directorate Tech Dir Neal Ziring

"They are very aggressive at what they do" he says, noting US intel, pvt sector "watching them too"
"We have to understand their tradecraft & their intentions so we can work effectively to block them"
per @NSAGov's Ziring on #China hacking ops
"We have some good insight but we'd always like to have more" per @NSAGov's Ziring re #China hacking
#NorthKorea "heavily into various forms of #cybercrime....certain areas of information gathering" per @NSAGov's Ziring

"They are investing heavily..."

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More from @jseldin

Feb 3
Happening now: @POTUS talks about operation that led to the death of #ISIS leader Amir Muhammad Sa'id Abdal-Rahman al-Mawla, aka Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi and as Hajji ‘Abdallah

Says al-Malwa "responsible for the recent brutal attack on a prison in northeast #Syria"
.@POTUS says #ISIS leader al-Malwa "chose to blow himself up...in a final act of cowardice...just like his predecessor did"
.@POTUS says operation was aided by #SDF and US intel
Read 10 tweets
Feb 3
BREAKING: US KILLS #ISIS LEADER Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi - PER @POTUS
BREAKING: "Thanks to the skill and bravery of our Armed Forces, we have taken off the battlefield Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi—the leader of #ISIS" per @POTUS statement
MORE: "Last night at my direction, U.S. military forces in northwest Syria successfully undertook a counterterrorism operation to protect the American people and our Allies, and make the world a safer place" per @POTUS "All Americans have returned safely from the operation"
Read 4 tweets
Feb 3
BREAKING: Pentagon confirms major US counter-terror op

“US Special Operations forces under the control of US Central Command conducted a counterterrorism mission this evening in northwest #Syria. The mission was successful" per @PentagonPresSec
MORE: "There were no US casualties" per @PentagonPresSec "More information will be provided as it becomes available”
Worth noting: @CENTCOM Cmdr Gen Kenneth McKenzie had been scheduled to speak Thursday morning US ET at @MiddleEastInst BUT the event was canceled late Thursday Image
Read 12 tweets
Feb 2
NEW: US intelligence experts examining #HavanaSyndrome say the only plausible explanation for a small number of cases is a device or a weapon of some kind
“Pulsed electromagnetic energy, particularly in the radiofrequency range, plausibly explains the core characteristics" according to a new report on #HavanaSyndrome, released Wednesday
“Sources exist that could generate the required stimulus, are concealable, & have moderate power requirements" per the US intel report “Using nonstandard … antennas & techniques, the signals could be propagated w/low loss through air for tens to hundreds of meters..."
Read 14 tweets
Feb 2
NEW: Latest @SIGARHQ report finds overall violence in #Afghanistan is down since US forces left BUT...

"significant violence persists, including mass-casualty attacks by the #IslamicState-#Khorasan (#ISIS-K); civilian disturbances from abusive Taliban forces and others" Image
.@SIGARHQ reports calls #ISIS-#Khorasan the "current greatest security threat" to the #Taliban

ISIS-K attacks killed at least 90 ppl from October-December 2021 in #Kabul #Kundiz #Kandahar
#ISIS-#Khorasan attracting new members

"A violent organization with a significant bankroll, IS-K often appears as the last & most extreme option for disaffected individuals or groups" per @SIGARHQ
Read 6 tweets
Feb 2
BREAKING: @NATO SecGen welcomes US decision to send more troops to the alliance's Eastern Flank - #Poland #Romania #Germany

"This is a powerful signal of US commitment" per @jensstoltenberg
MORE: "Other Allies are also contributing addt'l forces to @NATO on land, in the air, & at sea" per @jensstoltenberg "We have increased the readiness of the NATO Response Force & we are considering the deployment of addt'l battlegroups to the south-eastern part of the Alliance"
MORE: "Our deployments are defensive & proportional" per @NATO SecGen @jensstoltenberg "...send the clear message that NATO will do whatever is necessary to protect and defend all Allies"

re: #Russia-#Ukraine standoff
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