espionage

Conspiracy theories tagged "espionage."

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Huawei 5G — Chinese Government Backdoor
Unresolved

Huawei 5G — Chinese Government Backdoor

Five Eyes nations have banned or restricted Huawei's 5G equipment amid intelligence assessments that Chinese law requires companies to cooperate with state intelligence.

2018 · China
Mixed

Mossad Operations & Conspiracy Theories

From documented assassinations to alleged false flags — examining Mossad's confirmed covert operations and the conspiracy theories they've spawned.

1949 · Israel
Aldrich Ames — CIA's Deadliest Mole
Confirmed

Aldrich Ames — CIA's Deadliest Mole

CIA officer Aldrich Ames worked for the KGB from 1985 to 1994, compromising over 100 CIA operations and leading to the execution of at least 10 CIA assets

1985 · United States
Anna Chapman — Russian Sleeper Agent Network in the US
Confirmed

Anna Chapman — Russian Sleeper Agent Network in the US

In 2010, the FBI arrested 10 Russian SVR agents living as ordinary Americans — the largest spy ring bust since the Cold War, ending in a dramatic spy swap

2010 · Russia
Number Stations
Confirmed

Number Stations

For decades, anonymous shortwave radio stations have broadcast streams of numbers into the void. Some have been confirmed as spy communications. Many remain completely unexplained.

1910s · Various
Robert Hanssen -- FBI Agent Spying for KGB/SVR
Confirmed

Robert Hanssen -- FBI Agent Spying for KGB/SVR

FBI counterintelligence agent Robert Hanssen sold intelligence to Soviet/Russian intelligence for 22 years, described as possibly the worst intelligence disaster in US history.

1979 · United States
The Somerton Man
Unresolved

The Somerton Man

A dead man on a beach. All labels cut from his clothes. A scrap of Persian poetry in his pocket. A code no one can crack. The Tamám Shud case has baffled investigators since 1948.

1948 · Australia
Soviet KGB Active Measures in the West
Confirmed

Soviet KGB Active Measures in the West

Confirmed: the KGB ran decades of 'active measures' -- forged documents, planted news stories, funded front groups, and recruited agents of influence to destabilize Western democracies.

1920 · Soviet Union