The former National Coordinator for Security and Counterterrorism, Dick Schoof, was not forthcoming about concerns his staff had about a covert program to gather intelligence about mosques operating in the Netherlands, according to new research by NRC. The office of the NCTV paid for municipalities in the country to hire a private investigation firm to carry out undercover operations to …
For years, national counter-terrorism coordinator NCTV reported on "polarising" political parties in confidential reports to municipalities, police, Ministries, and foreign intelligence services, NRC reports based on 159 internal reports received through the Open Government Act. In 2017, the NCTV warned that DENK promotes the idea that Muslims in the Netherlands are treated differently than non-Muslims, which "can fuel mistrust of …
Ransomware attacks have the capacity to destabilize the Netherlands and is a threat to national security, the National Coordinator for Security and Counterterrorism said in its annual report on cybersecurity, released on Monday. “Ransomware attacks pose a risk to national safety when it comes to the continuity of vital processes, the leaking and/or publishing of confidential or sensitive information and …
