Chinese espionage case: PMO officials, Dalai Lama were on spy radar

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New developments have come to light in the ongoing probe into the Chinese espionage racket which led to the arrest of Indian journalist Rajeev Sharma, a Chinese woman Qin Shi and her Nepalese associate Sher Singh alias Raj Bohra. Investigators have now found that Shi was asked to get details of top officials who were … Read more

U.S. Charges Six Russian Intelligence Officers With Hacking

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WASHINGTON—Federal prosecutors unsealed charges against six Russian intelligence officers accused of engaging in some of the most destructive cyberattacks of recent years, including operations that knocked out Ukraine’s energy grid, exposed emails from the French president’s party and damaged global systems in the costly 2017 NotPetya attack. The prolific hacking unit within Russia’s military intelligence … Read more

China says it has captured a group of Taiwanese spies and cracked several espionage cases

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TAIPEI: China says it has captured people spying for rival Taiwan and cracked a series of espionage cases. Reports by state TV and other outlets Sunday said multiple suspects were detained but gave no numbers or identities for most of them. China and Taiwan split amid a civil war in 1949 and have extensive business … Read more

North Korean Defector Who Vanished in Rome Is Now in South Korea

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SEOUL—A senior North Korean diplomat who vanished from public view while serving as Pyongyang’s acting ambassador to Italy in 2018 has been secretly living in South Korea for over a year, according to South Korean lawmakers briefed by the country’s spy agency. The whereabouts of the envoy, Jo Song Gil, who the Journal has reported … Read more