#Greenland is home to substantial deposits of #RareEarth #minerals necessary for the production of everything from EVs to wind turbines, as well as untapped #oil & #NaturalGas reserves. #Mining those underground assets has proven logistically difficult.
Asked by NBC News in an interview that aired Sunday whether he would rule out seizing #Greenland by force, #Trump demurred.
“I don’t rule it out,” he said. “I don’t say I’m going to do it, but I don’t rule out anything. No, not there. We need Greenland very badly. Greenland is a very small amount of people, which we’ll take care of, & we’ll cherish them, & all of that. But we need that for international security.”
#Greenland, the Arctic island of some 56k people hasn’t historically been a key target for US #intelligence collection, according to a former American #intelligence official & a former senior intelligence officer focused on #Europe.
“Intelligence collection resources are inherently limited,” the former intelligence official said, meaning they have typically been pointed toward “perceived threats, not allied countries.”
A collection-emphasis message helps set #intelligence-agency priorities, directing resources & attention to high-interest targets. The #Greenland order, which went to agencies including the #CIA, the #Defense Intelligence Agency & the #NationalSecurity Agency, underscores the #Trump admin’s apparent commitment to seek control of the self-governing island. It forms part of the Kingdom of #Denmark, a #NATO member & a decadeslong #ally.
The classified message asked agencies, whose tools include #surveillance #satellites, communications intercepts & #spies on the ground, to identify people in #Greenland & #Denmark who support #US objectives for the island.
The directive is one of the first concrete steps #Trump’s admin has taken toward fulfilling the president’s often-stated desire to acquire Greenland.
#US Orders #Intelligence Agencies to Step Up #Spying on #Greenland
Effort underscores seriousness of #Trump’s intent to acquire the island from #Denmark
Several high-ranking officials under #DNI #TulsiGabbard issued a “collection emphasis message” to intelligence-agency heads last week. They were directed to learn more about Greenland’s #independence movement & attitudes on American resource extraction on the island.
#geopolitics #espionage #NATO #allies #idiocracy
https://archive.is/2025.05.07-000301/https://www.wsj.com/world/greenland-spying-us-intelligence-809c4ef2
"since approximately early May, Gates had been periodically sending Trump Campaign polling data to Kilimnik [known to work for Russian intelligence] via WhatsApp and then deleting the messages"
—US Senate Intelligence Committee
https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/sites/default/files/documents/report_volume5.pdf
Greek man accused of spying at NATO transit hub has been charged and jailed pending trial https://www.byteseu.com/979544/ #Crime #Espionage #Europe #GeneralNews #Greece #LawEnforcement #LegalProceedings #NATO #NorthAtlanticTreatyOrganization #Politics #WorldNews
@MichaelRoss given #CloudAct and other tools of #Espionage against the #UN, this does make sense.
https://www.europesays.com/2045262/ Bulgarian spies nabbed for feeding information to Russia facing jail time in the UK #BizerDzhambazov #espionage #GRU #IvanStoyanov #KatrinIvanova #Kremlin #Moscow. #OrlinRoussev #Russia #Russian #spy #SpyRing #surveillance #TheMinions #TihomirIvanchev #VanyaGaberova
https://www.europesays.com/uk/68243/ TikTok hit with €530M fine after illegally sending users’ data to China – POLITICO #BigData #Business #China #Communications #CyberEspionage #Data #Data/Privacy #DataBreaches #DataCenters #DataFlows #DataProtection #Espionage #EUU.S.PrivacyShield #Intelligence #Ireland #Malware #Privacy #UK #UnitedKingdom
Day 33 cont 
“#ForeignFossilFuel and #IsraelLobbyists are flooding the 2025 election campaign with cash and smear ads against the #Greens, #Teals and #Labor. #auspol
We investigate the #shadowy players behind #AdvanceAustralia, #better Australia, and the so-called #MinorityImpactCoalition, revealing how these '#astroturfers' are sowing fear and lies, deploying #DarkMoney to rig the #conversation.
Who #funds them? Why now? And why is the #AEC doing nothing?”
MichaelWest from the “West Report” (Chanel Youtube 
) talks about the #ForeignInfluenceOperation being conducted during the current elections.
#AusPol / #LNP / #Liberal / #Nationals / #LiberalNationals / #Coalition / #propaganda / #espionage <https://youtube.com/watch?v=pR1vEPh8-BY>
Earth Kasha Updates TTPs in Latest Campaign Targeting Taiwan and Japan
Earth Kasha, an APT group believed to be part of APT10, has launched a new campaign in March 2025 targeting government agencies and public institutions in Taiwan and Japan. The campaign uses spear-phishing to deliver an updated version of the ANEL backdoor, potentially for espionage purposes. Key updates include a new command to support BOF execution in memory and the use of SharpHide for persistence. The second-stage backdoor, NOOPDOOR, now supports DNS over HTTPS for C&C communications. The attack chain involves compromised email accounts, malicious Excel files, and various evasion techniques. This campaign demonstrates Earth Kasha's continued evolution and poses significant geopolitical implications.
Pulse ID: 6813da43537c3d86e6ba3ca2
Pulse Link: https://otx.alienvault.com/pulse/6813da43537c3d86e6ba3ca2
Pulse Author: AlienVault
Created: 2025-05-01 20:32:02
Be advised, this data is unverified and should be considered preliminary. Always do further verification.
https://www.europesays.com/2038591/ Iran hangs man convicted of spying for Israel’s Mossad | Espionage News #Conflicts #espionage #Iran #Israel #MiddleEast #News
Chinese national Tak Hoi Lao was arrested in the PH for using spy device near election commission. His vehicle had an International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI) catcher, a device that can imitate real cell towers to intercept mobile phone communications and track location data.
#Philippines #Asian #CyberSecurity #Spying #Espionage #Surveillance #TootSEA
Chinese snoops use stealth RAT to #backdoor US orgs – still active last week
"Let the #espionage and access resale campaigns begin (again)"
https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/15/chinese_spies_backdoored_us_orgs/
“RIP Five Eyes? Global Spying Network Under Threat”
by Kit Klarenberg on Global Delinquents on Substack
“While the CIA and MI6 are well-known for working in lockstep, Five Eyes is the most intimate expression of this transatlantic espionage bromance, exclusion from which would drastically reduce Britain’s already evaporating international status”
https://open.substack.com/pub/kitklarenberg/p/rip-five-eyes-global-spying-network
Germany arrests 2 alleged Russian spies accused of scouting U.S. military facilities for sabotage:
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/germany-russia-spies-us-military-ukraine-war-espionage-europe-nato/
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