How the FBI Dismantled a Russian Military Botnet Hiding in American Homes
In January 2024, the FBI executed a court-authorized operation to neutralize a massive botnet run by Russia’s GRU intelligence agency, embedded in hundreds of everyday routers across homes and small offices in the United States and abroad. The operation, announced in...
How Russia’s Sandworm Group Became the World’s Most Dangerous Cyber Saboteur
A new intelligence report by cybersecurity firm Mandiant sheds light on APT44, also known as Sandworm-a highly destructive, Russian military cyber unit tied to the GRU. The 48-page document traces the group’s evolution from stealthy digital intrusions to full-blown...
Jewish Communities in Italy Were Divided Over Stalin’s Legacy
A quietly archived intelligence summary-now declassified-offers a rare window into how Jewish communities in Italy reacted to key global events during the Cold War. The document, dated in the early 1950s, outlines how international developments deeply affected...
Chinese Shipyard Caught Building Soviet-Designed Ballistic Submarines
A classified satellite intelligence report from the Cold War reveals that China was actively constructing Soviet-style ‘G’ class ballistic missile submarines at the Lu-ta Shipyard in Dairen. This discovery, captured in surveillance photography and detailed technical...
The Cold War Mind Game That Wasn’t: Intelligence Review Debunks Soviet "Brainwashing" Theories
A comprehensive and once-classified report titled "Soviet Use of Psychiatry for Political Purposes" offers a sobering rebuttal to the most persistent myths of Cold War-era psychological operations. While the Western public often imagined Soviet mind control as...
