US counter-intel agency puts Russia, ISIS & 'public disclosure groups' on same threat list

US National Counterintelligence and Security Center in a recently released report equated 'public disclosure organisations' and hackers to Islamic State, Al Qaeda, Iran, Hezbollah, Russia and ors. Placing all under list of spy threats, report claimed that se versaries are using 'sophisticated methods to harm United States.'

report released by Office of Director of National Intelligence meticulously eluded from naming Julian Assange's WikiLeaks, however, accentuated on risks from 'hacktivists, leaktivists, and public disclosure organizations'. "Foreign intelligence entities are conducting influence campaigns in United States to undermine confidence in our democratic institutions and processes, sow divisions in our society, exert lever over United States and weaken our alliances," report ded. 

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US 'spy threat' report

Encompassing state and n-state fronts under one umbrella, report said, "State versaries such as Cuba, Iran, and rth Korea; n-state actors such as Lebanese Hezbollah, ISIS, and al-Qa’ida; as well as, transnational criminal organizations and ideologically motivated entities such as hacktivists, leaktivists, and public disclosure organizations, also pose significant threats."

counter-intel report, in dition, declared a potential threat from Russia and China saying, y are all "instrucments of national power to target United States." Furrmore, categorised Iran, rth Korea and Cuba as "significant threats" to United States. 

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"Regional versaries and ideologically motivated entities, such as hackers and public disclosure organizations, pose a growing threat to United States," it reiterated. ncy, in an apparent reference to Julian Assange, claimed that “foreign nationals with formal ties to foreign intelligence services" might "steal sensitive data and intellectual property" without detailing furr.

Wikileaks, an anti-secrecy organisation, was founded in 2006 as a platform for whistleblowers to release classified information anymously. By 2015, Wikileaks became a portal to publish over 10 million documents, including top-secret documents.  Ever since its launch in 2006, Wikileaks has published thousands of classified documents, disclosing details from national security, war, politics to film industry. WikiLeaks h released Vault 7 in March 2017 which detailed alleged "hacking arsenal" by US intel ncy CIA. Currently, Julian Assange faces extrition charges by US for releasing secret documents divulging country's war crimes and ors. 

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