West's foreign influence attribution challenge | Franck Schneider vs FBI | China's cyber security expert 6cloud

Corporate and Government Intelligence

Daily issue Wednesday 12 May 2021 SPOTLIGHT  UNITED STATES   EUROPE   CORPORATE INTELLIGENCE    Frank Schneider's arrest shakes up Luxembourg's intelligence community   The corporate intelligence firm Sandstone's boss Frank Schneider is a pillar of Luxembourg's small but international private investigation community, hence the interest surrounding his arrest on 29 April while he was visiting his family.  [...] GOVERNMENT INTELLIGENCE  UNITED STATES   UNITED KINGDOM   FRANCE    Western intelligence services tackle challenge of attributing foreign influence operations   The United States, the United Kingdom and France want to ensure they can confidently determine where disinformation campaigns targeting them are coming from.  [...]      RUSSIA    Putin struggles to renew strategic guard in Middle East   Faced with significant diplomatic and security stakes in that part of the world, the Kremlin is renewing the close guard of siloviki in charge of Russian strategy in the Midle East. But it is struggling to include the younger generation.  [...] INTERNATIONAL DEALMAKING  FRANCE    French armed forces' new Reaper still being tested   French defence minister Florence Parly recently explained to parliament why there were delays in deployment of the Reaper Block 5.  [...]      CHINA    6Cloud Technology's cyber offense research effort driven by former army and Gonganbu experts   Cybersecurity firm 6 Cloud Technology was founded by former Lenovo Security Technologies executives.  [...]    FREE  CORPORATE INTELLIGENCE  RUSSIA   SWITZERLAND    Gennady Timchenko's French connections at heart of Franco-Russian business network   As well as his relationship with Total, Russian oligarch Gennady Timchenko, who is close to Vladimir Putin, has built up a tight network in Paris and Geneva, thanks in particular to his Neva Foundation.  [...] SURVEILLANCE & INTERCEPTION  FRANCE    Gatewatcher boosts ties with state after legal wrangle with co-founder   Gatewatcher wants to shake off its troubles with its technical director by replacing him with a French cyber expert and connoisseur of the US market.  [...] Discover our subscription offers

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