China / International / Cyber & technology
China-linked hackers used ConnectWise as a cloud back door, Microsoft says
An AI-assisted campaign reused trusted application permissions to reach Microsoft 365 customers.
SPY REGISTER / REPORTING & ANALYSIS
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MI6 / Spy life · History
The KGB archive that escaped Moscow—and opened in Cambridge
Mitrokhin’s papers gave researchers a remarkable intelligence collection. Its custodians draw a sharp distinction between open typescripts and classified originals.
DGSE / Power & scandal · History
France breached confinement deal for convicted Rainbow Warrior agents, tribunal ruled
Two DGSE agents received ten-year sentences after the fatal bombing. A later agreement sent them to Hao; arbitration found France breached its obligations there.
The BND’s founding bargain—and the past it carried into the Cold War
A new German intelligence service inherited Gehlen’s network, American sponsorship and personnel whose wartime records could not be wished away.
ASIO / Spy games · History
Australia asked editors to keep the Petrovs’ whereabouts secret
The Petrovs’ 1954 defections exposed Soviet espionage. Protecting the couple brought questions about citizenship, publicity and voluntary national-security press notices.