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October Surprise 2024

How Could Israeli Intelligence Miss the Hamas Invasion Plans? – CSIS

Hamas pulled off a complex, multifront assault on October 7—the kind of coordinated attack that takes months to plan and execute. Moreover, tens if not hundreds of Hamas militants were involved in the combination air, land, sea, and rocket assault, suggesting that the circle of knowledge was extensive.
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October Surprise 2024

The GRU’s Disruptive Playbook | Mandiant | Google Cloud Blog

To overcome this dilemma, the GRU has used a series of Telegram channels assuming hacktivist identities to claim responsibility for cyber attacks and leak stolen documents or other proofs from…
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October Surprise 2024

Ukraine remains Russia’s biggest cyber focus in 2023 – The Keyword

FROZENBARENTS (aka Sandworm), a group attributed to Russian Armed Forces’ Main Directorate of the General Staff (GRU) Unit 74455, continues to focus heavily on the war in Ukraine with campaigns spanning intelligence collection, IO, and leaking hacked data through Telegram.
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October Surprise 2024

Israel’s Mossad Admits for the First Time: We Were Surprised on October …

Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency has admitted for the first time that it was “surprised” by the events of October 7, 2023. “The Institute for Intelligence and Special Operations [Mossad, or in its official English name – Israeli secret intelligence service] was also surprised on the morning of the holiday of Simchat Torah [October 7] by …
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October Surprise 2024

Honeytrap? Mossad agent? Who is Juli Vavilova, mystery woman … – WION

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov, who was arrested on Saturday (August 24) upon landing in France on his private jet, was accompanied by a mystery woman, as per reports. … Other theories propose that she herself was under Mossad surveillance and her frequent posts on social media that showed her in the same locations as Durov led to his arrest. She …
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October Surprise 2024

In Russia, questions swirl over Telegram CEO’s arrest

In Russia, questions swirl over arrest of Telegram boss. Since Pavel Durov, the Russian-born billionaire and founder of the Telegram messaging app, was arrested on landing in Paris on Saturday …
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October Surprise 2024

What to know about Telegram, the messaging app whose CEO was … – CNN

The arrest of Telegram CEO Pavel Durov in France over the weekend has thrust the enigmatic founder and the popular messaging service into the spotlight.
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October Surprise 2024

Was a Mossad woman behind the arrest of Telegram’s CEO?

Was a Mossad woman behind the arrest of Telegram’s CEO? Osama Ali. Published August 26th, 2024 – 04:50 GMT. (FILES) Pavel Durov, CEO and co-founder of Telegram speaks onstage during day one of …
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October Surprise 2024

Arrest of Pavel Durov, Telegram Founder, Is Part of Broad Investigation …

Mr. Durov, 39, was detained on Saturday at Le Bourget Airport near Paris after landing on a private plane from Azerbaijan. He had not been charged and remained in custody, which can be extended…
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October Surprise 2024

The CIA Is Now Trying to Recruit Russian Spies On Telegram – TIME

Created by the Central Intelligence Agency, the two-minute clip was posted Tuesday on a new Telegram channel that provides information on how to securely contact the U.S. agency using a Tor…