Former Navy Officer Charged with Attempted Espionage
iStockphoto/Thinktock(NORFOLK, Va.) — A former Navy sailor has been arrested and charged with attempting to pass classified information about U.S. submarines to Russian spies.Robert Patrick Hoffman II was arrested by agents from the FBI and the Naval …
US Consulate Guard Fails at Spying for China, Pleads Guilty
Getty/George Doyle/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — A former Marine who was working at a U.S. consulate office in China has pleaded guilty after trying — and failing — to spy for China, the Department of Justice said Thursday. Bryan Underwood, 32, pleaded gui…
British Spy Chief: ‘Astonishing’ Cyber Espionage Threat
MARK WAUGH/AFP/Getty Images(LONDON) — In a rare public speech, the head of Britain’s domestic spy service said Monday that the West now faces an “astonishing” cyber espionage threat on an “industrial scale” from specific nation states. “The extent of …
‘Flame’ Compromises Key Microsoft Security System
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — The cyber espionage super bug Flame compromised a key Microsoft security system, the company has now revealed, prompting Microsoft to issue an emergency patch to its millions of customers because of fears of what one…
Israel Behind Largest Cyber Spy Weapon Ever?
iStockPhoto/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — A top Israeli official hinted Tuesday that his country could be behind the most sophisticated cyber espionage program ever developed, known as Flame, which infiltrated and spied on computer systems throughout the M…
Iran Hangs ‘Israeli Spy’ for Nuclear Scientist Assassination: Reports
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — The man convicted of assassinating an Iranian nuclear scientist on behalf of the Israeli spy agency Mossad has been executed by hanging in an Iranian prison, Iranian state media reported Tuesday.The Iranian governm…
Parents of American ‘Spy’ Held by Iran Issue Tearful Plea
ABC News(NEW YORK) — For the first time, the parents of an American who could face the death penalty in Iran for alleged espionage, have gone before a camera in a stirring video to speak about their young son and the suffering they’ve endured since th…
Parents of American ‘Spy’ Held by Iran Issue Tearful Plea
ABC News(NEW YORK) — For the first time, the parents of an American who could face the death penalty in Iran for alleged espionage, have gone before a camera in a stirring video to speak about their young son and the suffering they’ve endured since th…
Chinese Espionage Alleged to Have Targeted DuPont
Courtesy of DuPont(WASHINGTON) — The Justice Department Wednesday charged that Chinese-controlled companies conspired to steal production secrets potentially worth billions of dollars from U.S. chemical giant DuPont.The long-running, multi-billion-dol…
FBI Raises Concerns About Cyber Attacks from China and Russia
Hemera/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — Threats from cyber-espionage, computer crime, and attacks on critical infrastructure will surpass terrorism as the number-one threat facing the United States, FBI Director Robert Mueller testified Tuesday.Mueller and Na…
Brits Use Fake ‘Spy Rock’ in Moscow Espionage Gambit: Official
This undated image from Russian television shows electronic equipment concealed in a rock, which was claimed to be used by four British embassy staff members to receive intelligence information provided by Russian agents in a park outside Moscow. HO/A…
Lawyer Hired to Work for American ‘Spy’ Sentenced to Death in Iran
ABC News(TEHRAN, Iran) — Amir Mirzaei Hekmati’s family has retained Los Angeles attorney Pierre-Richard Prosper to see what he can do to free 28-year-old Hekmati, who was sentenced to death by a court in Iran for allegedly spying for the CIA.The White…
Lawyer Hired to Work for American ‘Spy’ Sentenced to Death in Iran
ABC News(TEHRAN, Iran) — Amir Mirzaei Hekmati’s family has retained Los Angeles attorney Pierre-Richard Prosper to see what he can do to free 28-year-old Hekmati, who was sentenced to death by a court in Iran for allegedly spying for the CIA.The White…
Iran Sentences American ‘Spy’ to Death
ABC News(TEHRAN, Iran) — Iran has sentenced a former U.S. Marine to death on charges of spying for the CIA, Iranian state media reported Monday.Iran’s Revolutionary Court found 28-year-old Amir Hekmati “Corrupt on Earth,” according to the Fars news ag…
American Accused of Spying in Iran Appears in Court
ABC News(TEHRAN, Iran) — An American man appeared in Iranian court Tuesday on charges he was spying on Iran for the CIA.Amir Mirzaei Hekmati is accused of trying to infiltrate Iranian intelligence and, according to Fars news agency, could face the dea…
Exclusive: Father of American ‘Spy’ Calls Iran’s Claims ‘Bunch of Lies’
ABC News(NEW YORK) — The father of the Iranian-American who appeared to confess to being a spy for the CIA on Iranian television called the allegations of espionage “a bunch of lies” and said he’s convinced the Iranian government forced his son to li…