A common question about the lacklustre Russian cyberwar so far is, why hasn’t Putin unleashed the ransomware gangs? Why isn’t there a massive wave of ransomware across Europe and America? There are two related issues here that need to be addressed on Putin and ransomware: (1) why would he? (2) why hasn’t he? This post […]
Kompromat of Solace: Operations
Detailed analysis of the operation to create the kompromat Producing a kompromat video on someone is similar to any other intelligence operation. The first problem that needs to be solved is Access. The intelligence operative must find someone, or a chain of people, who can provide them access to the target. That is the first […]
Kompromat of Solace : Timeline
The Operation to Collect Kompromat on the FPÖ Strache and Gudenus commit political suicide while Tatjana Gudenus watches in bored fascination The story around the Strache kompromat video is a tale of a successful intelligence operation. The evidence for the operation includes: a by-the-book recruitment; professional technical surveillance; proper agent handling tradecraft, including closing the loop; […]