Intelligence

Denmark: Russia Hacked Our Defense Ministry for Two Years

By Reuters and Copenhagen Post

From Reuters: Russia has hacked the Danish Defense and gained access to employees’ emails in 2015 and 2016

Commander of NATO Naval Forces Discloses Details of Operation Sea Guardian

By Clive Johnstone, NATO Maritime Command

Central to NATO’s effort to project stability in the South is Operation Sea Guardian [OSG]. This is NATO’s new maritime security operation in the Mediterranean.

Lithuania Says Russia has Ability to Launch Baltic Attack in 24 Hours

By Andrius Sytas, Reuters

Russia has developed the capability to launch an attack on the Baltic states with as little as 24 hours’ notice

It Took ‘Hand to Hand’ Cyber Combat for NSA to Remove Russian Hackers From State Department Networks

By Ellen Nakashima, Washington Post

Over a 24-hour period, top U.S. cyber defenders engaged in a pitched battle with Russian hackers who had breached the unclassified State Department computer system

Czech Foreign Ministry Hacked: Russia Suspected

By Reuters and the Guardian

From Robert Muller, Reuters: Hackers have breached dozens of email accounts at the Czech Foreign Ministry in an attack resembling one against the U.S. Democratic Party

Danish Intelligence Report Warns NATO Members of New Russian Cyberattacks

By Gerard O’Dwyer, Defense News

Russia has the willingness and capacity to launch serial cyberattacks against Denmark and any neighboring Nordic or Baltic state

Trump Renews His Criticism of NATO: ‘It’s Obsolete’ and ‘Very Unfair’ to the US

By Donald Trump, Michael Gove, and Kai Diekmann, Times (London)

Excerpt from Donald Trump interview with Michael Gove MP and Kai Diekmann, former chief editor of the German newspaper Bild.

The Power of Transparency in Advancing Geo-spatial Intelligence

On January 13, the Atlantic Council and Thomson Reuters hosted Mr. Robert Cardillo, Director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. The discussion was moderated by Mr. John Walcott, Foreign Policy and National Security Editor for Thomson Reuters. 

10 Most Popular NATO Stories of 2016

By Jorge Benitez, Director of NATOSource

2016 was full of major developments in European security. Moscow’s campaign against the Western democracies went beyond the DNC hack and interference in the US elections.