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10 terror plots foiled in Europe in 2023: Dutch security service
8 months, 2 weeks ago

10 terror plots foiled in Europe in 2023: Dutch security service

Dutch News  

At least 10 planned terrorist attacks in Europe were discovered and halted by western security services in 2023, the Dutch security service AIVD said on Tuesday. There have been two major conflicts, numerous terrorist attack plots foiled in the Netherlands and abroad, and the Netherlands is targeted daily in cyber attacks.” The threat level in the Netherlands was raised from …

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Chinese spies hacked Dutch defence network last year - intelligence agencies
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Chinese spies hacked Dutch defence network last year - intelligence agencies

The Hindu  

Chinese state-backed cyber spies gained access to a Dutch military network last year, Dutch intelligence agencies said on Tuesday, calling it part of a trend of Chinese political espionage against the Netherlands and its allies. “It is important to ensure that espionage activities of this nature committed by China become public knowledge since this will help to increase international resilience …

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Dutch secret service failed to share threat information on assassinated Iranian activist
1 year, 2 months ago

Dutch secret service failed to share threat information on assassinated Iranian activist

NL Times  

Dutch intelligence service AIVD had information about a serious threat to Ahmad Mola Nissi, an opponent of the Iranian regime who was assassinated in The Hague in 2017, but failed to share it with the Public Prosecution Service. Argos and Follow the Money's investigation revealed that while the AIVD had information about threats to Nissi, they did not share it. …

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'Evil elite' claims are a long term threat to NL, says security service
1 year, 8 months ago

'Evil elite' claims are a long term threat to NL, says security service

Dutch News  

Anti-institutional extremism is on the rise in the Netherlands thanks to a cohort of groups which believe the Netherlands is being ruled by an ‘evil elite’ which is the enemy of the people, Dutch domestic security group AIVD said on Monday. ‘The central tenet of anti-institutional extremism forms a serious long term threat against the country,’ the agency says in …

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Thierry Baudet was warned about Russian influence in 2020: Volkskrant
1 year, 10 months ago

Thierry Baudet was warned about Russian influence in 2020: Volkskrant

Dutch News  

Dutch far right leader Thierry Baudet was warned in 2020 that his party, Forum voor Democratie, was being targeted by Russian spies, the Volkskrant reported on Thursday. Nor did he apparently inform other senior party officials Sources told the Volkskrant that the AIVD was, at the time, monitoring a young woman who was part of the FvD entourage and was …

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Thierry Baudet was warned about Russian influence in 2020: Volkskrant
1 year, 10 months ago

Thierry Baudet was warned about Russian influence in 2020: Volkskrant

Dutch News  

Dutch far right leader Thierry Baudet was warned in 2020 that his party, Forum voor Democratie, was being targeted by Russian spies, the Volkskrant reported on Thursday. Nor did he apparently inform other senior party officials Sources told the Volkskrant that the AIVD was, at the time, monitoring a young woman who was part of the FvD entourage and was …

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Security service IT worker says he stole computers because of tax office scandal
1 year, 11 months ago

Security service IT worker says he stole computers because of tax office scandal

NL Times  

A former employee of the General Intelligence and Security Service of the Netherlands confessed that he stole dozens of computers from his former employer. He said this was because family members of his had been victimized by the Dutch tax service’s childcare benefits scandal. It was ultimately reason for G. to get his hands on dozens of security service computers. …

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Former CDA senator was a 'Kremlin pawn' and monitored by the AIVD
2 years, 1 month ago

Former CDA senator was a 'Kremlin pawn' and monitored by the AIVD

Dutch News  

The Dutch security service AIVD monitored and tapped the phone of former senate leader René van der Linden because of his ties with people close to Vladimir Putin, the Volkskrant and NRC reported on Saturday. Van der Linden, a former European affairs minister and senator for the Christian Democrats for 16 years, also made several trips to Moscow, the paper …

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Former CDA senator was a 'Kremlin pawn' and monitored by the AIVD
2 years, 1 month ago

Former CDA senator was a 'Kremlin pawn' and monitored by the AIVD

Dutch News  

The Dutch security service AIVD monitored and tapped the phone of former senate leader René van der Linden because of his ties with people close to Vladimir Putin, the Volkskrant and NRC reported on Saturday. Van der Linden, a former European affairs minister and senator for the Christian Democrats for 16 years, also made several trips to Moscow, the paper …

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Government intelligence services often try to recruit journalists despite risks
2 years, 2 months ago

Government intelligence services often try to recruit journalists despite risks

NL Times  

An investigation by NRC revealed government intelligence agencies often seek out journalists to help them. The General Intelligence and Security Service and Dutch Military Intelligence and Security Service tried to recruit journalists whose work overlapped with the work of the services. However, if Dutch journalists working in foreign countries are found to be affiliated with these agencies, the risks can …

Intelligence Journalists Nrc Despite Risks
Over 900 Dutch companies owned by China or Chinese parent; Experts fear espionage
2 years, 2 months ago

Over 900 Dutch companies owned by China or Chinese parent; Experts fear espionage

NL Times  

The Netherlands has 903 companies that are at least 50 percent owned by a Chinese parent company or the Chinese State, RTL Nieuws and Follow the Money report. “There are a lot of them,” China expert Jonathan Holslag of the Free University in Brussels said to RTL Nieuws about the list of companies. “This makes it quite difficult for the …

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Dutch security services ordered to delete five valuable datasets
2 years, 6 months ago

Dutch security services ordered to delete five valuable datasets

NL Times  

Dutch intelligence services AIVD and MIVD must destroy five large datasets they consider valuable for national security because they broke the rules in storing them. The complaints handling department of regulator CTIVD ordered the datasets destroyed in a ruling published on Wednesday following a complaint by civil rights organization Bits of Freedom, NRC reports. But with the involved five datasets, …

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Intelligence services to start large-scale data mining despite negative referendum
2 years, 7 months ago

Intelligence services to start large-scale data mining despite negative referendum

NL Times  

Despite a majority of Netherlands residents voting against a law to allow large-scale data mining in a referendum in 2018, the large-scale tapping of communication via internet cables is technically possible and will soon be used by the Dutch intelligence services. That breaks previous promises made by former responsible Minister Ronald Plasterk, the Volkskrant reports based on information from regulators …

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Russian hackers accessed Dutch police system in 2017: Volkskrant
3 years, 6 months ago

Russian hackers accessed Dutch police system in 2017: Volkskrant

Dutch News  

Hackers allied to the Russian security service SVR were able to get into the Dutch police system in 2017 while the investigation into the downing of flight MH17 was underway, the Volkskrant said on Tuesday. The hack was not noticed by the police, but did come to light thanks to information from the Dutch security service AIVD, the paper said. …

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Russia hacked Dutch police systems in 2017: report
3 years, 6 months ago

Russia hacked Dutch police systems in 2017: report

NL Times  

In 2017 Dutch intelligence service AIVD discovered that Russian hackers had broken into the Dutch police systems, the Vokskrant reported based on anonymous sources. Hacker group Cozy Bear, which has ties to the Russian security service, broke into the police systems through a Police Academy server, the newspaper's sources said. The hack caused panic not only because the police systems …

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Coronavirus is boosting the breeding ground for extremism: AIVD
3 years, 7 months ago

Coronavirus is boosting the breeding ground for extremism: AIVD

Dutch News  

National and foreign threats against Dutch society took on different and often complex forms in 2020, partly due to coronavirus, the national security service AIVD said in its annual report. Part of this came in the form of anti-government protests against the coronavirus measures, in which a small group endorsed or showed willing to use intimidation, threats and violence, the …

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Coronavirus is boosting the breeding ground for extremism: AIVD
3 years, 7 months ago

Coronavirus is boosting the breeding ground for extremism: AIVD

Dutch News  

National and foreign threats against Dutch society took on different and often complex forms in 2020, partly due to coronavirus, the national security service AIVD said in its annual report. Part of this came in the form of anti-government protests against the coronavirus measures, in which a small group endorsed or showed willing to use intimidation, threats and violence, the …

Coronavirus Service Aivd
Russian spies had at least 10 sources in Dutch high-tech sector, intelligence service says
4 years ago

Russian spies had at least 10 sources in Dutch high-tech sector, intelligence service says

NL Times  

Two Russian diplomats suspected on spying on the Dutch high-tech sector had built up a large network of sources, according to general intelligence service AIVD. "We were able to establish fairly intensive contacts in more than ten cases, of which we have actually seen and heard in a number of cases that there was information transfer and payment," AIVD chief …

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Police, intelligence agency infiltrated far-right party NVU: report
4 years, 5 months ago

Police, intelligence agency infiltrated far-right party NVU: report

NL Times  

The police and general intelligence service AIVD had an informant in right-wing extremist party NVU for two and a half years, NRC reported after speaking to the informant - Richard Prein, who worked closely with NVU leader Constant Kusters until late last year. Prein told NRC that he wants to clear his name and that he helped maintain public order …

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Amsterdam Pride target of foiled terrorist attack
4 years, 6 months ago

Amsterdam Pride target of foiled terrorist attack

NL Times  

Amsterdam Pride was one of the targets of a terrorist attack foiled when the authorities arrested six men from Arnhem in September last year, according to an email read in the trial against the six suspects on Friday, De Gelderlander reports. According to the Public Prosecutor, the plan was first to set off a car bomb and then send several …

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Dutch Hackers Provide Crucial Information on Russian Interference in US Elections
6 years, 10 months ago

Dutch Hackers Provide Crucial Information on Russian Interference in US Elections

Dutch News  

Dutch security service hackers have provided the FBI with crucial information about Russian interference in the US elections. The hackers were able to monitor the work of a Russian hackers group named as Cosy Bear for over two years, enabling them to witness their attacks on the Democratic party, the White House, and the US state department. The FBI is …

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Dutch Hackers Provide Crucial Clues to FBI About Russian Interference in US Elections
6 years, 10 months ago

Dutch Hackers Provide Crucial Clues to FBI About Russian Interference in US Elections

Dutch News  

Dutch security service hackers have provided the FBI with crucial information about Russian interference in the US elections. The hackers were able to monitor the work of a Russian hackers group named as Cosy Bear for between one and 2.5 years, both online and via a security camera in the building where they worked. This enabled them to witness them …

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