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Friday, November 22, 2024

American defense firms should be alert for Russian actors sabotaging their operations at home and abroad as Moscow seeks to undermine support for Ukraine, US intelligence and national security agencies said Thursday

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... Russian intelligence groups may try to identify and recruit defense industrial base "insiders," the agencies said. That includes outside individuals eliciting information from staff or unusual loitering by unauthorized personnel, they said.

"US companies, particularly those supporting entities involved in the Ukraine conflict or other ongoing geopolitical conflicts, as a best practice should enhance their vigilance and security efforts," the National Counterintelligence and Security Center, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and several Department of Defense agencies said in a joint bulletin.

The warning highlights rising concerns around evidence that Russian intelligence services may be employing increasingly aggressive tactics and recruiting criminals, and may have been behind a string of arson, cyber and other attacks across Europe in recent months.

"Russia's sabotage activities in Europe increase the risk to US companies abroad and potentially at home," the agencies said.

President Joe Biden's outgoing administration has warned allies about the risks of stepped-up Russian sabotage if the US and its allies allowed Kyiv to fire western weapons deep inside Russia. ...


#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-11-22 12:30 AM | Reply

@#1 ... President Joe Biden's outgoing administration has warned allies about the risks of stepped-up Russian sabotage if the US and its allies allowed Kyiv to fire western weapons deep inside Russia. ...

But the future Trump-elect administration may take a different approach.

More of a ~step into Mar-A-Lago bathroom, sit down and start reading...~ approach.


#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-11-22 12:33 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

The biggest threat to America comes from Trump and the Republican Party.

Russia and Putin won.

#3 | Posted by ClownShack at 2024-11-22 07:15 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

I notice some posters do undersyand the danger of electing Putin's bitch as President; Iy will only gey worse post Jan. 20. Can't wait til he starts courtmartialing Generals who had to oversee the disastrous evacuation of American troops from Afghanistan. I'm pretty sure Putin got a chuckle our of that! Nut hey, he's best friends with the Ego-in-Chief!

#4 | Posted by danni at 2024-11-23 06:19 AM | Reply

lsi Gabbard will protect America from Russian sabotage.....riiight? Hey Trumpies this is your President and his appointment. Do you feel safer yet? One point will be inescapable: y'all buit this disaster! Oh yeah, I remember when George W Bush was handed the Presidency by yhe corrupt roberts Court. Us Democrats and liberals were ignored and he was given Carte Blanche to wreck goreign plicy ad our economy but hey, his buddies all got big tax cuts....just like Trump!

#5 | Posted by danni at 2024-11-23 07:32 AM | Reply

Western "defense" companies profiting off of products that enable genocide or directly contribute to the deaths of thousands of women and children around the world have had the misfortune of becoming designated as legitimate military targets by resistance groups with increasingly lethal weapons at their disposal.

#6 | Posted by NerfHerder at 2024-11-23 04:38 PM | Reply

They should ask for more money to prevent the sabotage.

#7 | Posted by oneironaut at 2024-11-23 05:20 PM | Reply

#6 what's your point?

Who here doesn't know that, what's your solution?

#8 | Posted by oneironaut at 2024-11-23 05:21 PM | Reply

"what's your solution?

Lol, you're cute.

Ask the "resistance groups with increasingly lethal weapons at their disposal" that question if you are confused.

#9 | Posted by Nerfherder at 2024-11-23 08:02 PM | Reply

And by "Russian actors", he's referring to the incoming "administration".

#10 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2024-11-23 10:06 PM | Reply

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