Spy War

Four months after Dutch cyber security expert Arjen Kamphuis disappeared in Norway, his friends and family believe that he is still alive and that he chose to disappear himself. He previously also …

The man was detained at Oslo airport Friday evening by the Norwegian Police Security Service (PST) on suspicion of illegal intelligence-gathering during a seminar at the Norwegian Parliament. The seminar …

The latest certain observation of Arjen Kamphuis was the 20th of August, as he checked out from a hotel in Bodø. He was on his vacation at the time, traveling …

Police in Norway and Holland have opened formal investigations into the whereabouts of a Dutch cybersecurity expert and senior associate of WikiLeaks, who disappeared without trace on August 20. Arjen …

Per Sandberg resigned on Aug. 13 from his position as Norway’s fisheries minister, Norwegian media reported. Former parliamentary leader in Norwegian party Frp, Harald Tom Nesvik, was expected to take over …

The Norwegian National Security Authority (NSM) has warned the country’s information technology firms to prioritize national security over cutting costs when outsourcing their operations abroad. The warning follows what has …

UK regulator Ofcom has issued a warning to Lycamobile UK for failing to comply with EU roaming regulations. Following an own-initiative investigation opened in October 2017, Ofcom has provisionally concluded …

Norway’s government may ask the US to extend a Marine Corps deployment in the country, Foreign Minister Ine Eriksen Soereide told Reuters. “We are currently in a phase where we …

A former member of Norwegian intelligence has been arrested in France as part of the inquiry into cement-maker Lafarge’s alleged dealings with the Islamic State (IS) armed group and other …

Swedish prosecutors on Wednesday charged a 49-year-old Chinese man with espionage for allegedly gathering intelligence on Tibetan refugees in Sweden and Norway for China. The man, identified in the charge …

PST warned Norwegian research communities after China promised that their citizens may be ordered to assist the mother country during foreign stays. At the Norwegian University of Science and Technology …

BEHIND AN ABANDONED military facility 40 miles northwest of Oslo, Norway built a surveillance base in close collaboration with the National Security Agency. Its bright, white satellite dishes, some of …

A Russian court has extended the detention of a Norwegian man suspected of spying after he allegedly received classified documents from a Russian man who is also under arrest. The …

Religious extremism is considered to be the biggest terrorist threat, but illegal foreign intelligence activities by countries like Russia and China are also regarded as an increasing threat to Norway. …

Norwegian national Frode Berg, who was arrested in Russia on espionage charges, has never worked for other countries’ intelligence services but for his own country’s and has never dealt with …

The health records of almost three million people in Norway have been compromised in an attack described as “advanced” and “professional” by authorities in the country. The attackers breached the …

Foreign online gaming operators facing Norway remains problematic in Norway.  As evinced by the shutdown of two online payment processors. Transactions Blocked National regulator Lotteritilsynet has ordered all Norwegian banks …

The Lefortovo District Court in Moscow, Russia has given the order for a Norwegian to be arrested according to court spokesperson Yekaterina Krasnova from Russia. “The court satisfied the prosecutors’ …

As long as atomic bombs exist, a disaster is inevitable, the head of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, the winner of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, said Saturday. …

Mordechai Vanunu served 18 years in prison for providing information about Israel’s alleged nuclear capabilities to a British newspaper • In 2015, Vanunu’s Norwegian wife applied for him to be allowed to live …

Mark Vartanyan, 29, was allegedly involved in distributing the Citadel malware, which at its peak, caused over $500m in losses. A Russian man accused of involvement in developing and distributing …

ATLANTA – Mark Vartanyan, also known as “Kolypto,” a Russian national who allegedly developed, improved and maintained the pernicious “Citadel” malware toolkit, was arraigned in federal court following his extradition …

Russian military inspectors will begin a visit to a designated district in Norway to check military activity in the area, a military official has said. “Within the framework of the …

Norway faces a growing threat from cyberattacks and hacking, the Scandinavian country’s military intelligence service said Monday. Russia and China were the main sources for such threats, the military intelligence …

Norway’s security service says civil-servant e-mail accounts have been targeted by hackers believed to be associated with Russian intelligence. The Norwegian Police Security Service (PST) said on February 3 that …