OPSEC Vignette (KGB Identifies CIA Officers at Embassies)

[Il Duce]

Saw this posted in a thread from the Military Intelligence Corps Association (MICA) I thought some might find interesting:

How to explain the KGB’s amazing success identifying CIA agents in the field?


The method explained by the author was just one of many our adversaries used but I think it's especially applicable today given how much of our adversaries intelligence analysis is done using open source.

 

[Marauder06]

Interesting read.

Patterns make people predictable.

 

[Teufel]

Is the answer facebook?

 

[Brill]

Patterns make people predictable.

Predicable people make (develop) patterns.

 

[AWP]

The frightening takeaway is this guy did it BI. Imagine if he had today's resources.

 

[Il Duce]

Phenomenal internet skills, plus something to get them started like millions of SF86s. Lucky there's nobody like that out there...

 

[AWP]

All your base are belong to us.

 

[Brill]

Phenomenal internet skills, plus something to get them started like millions of SF86s. Lucky there's nobody like that out there...

Concur.

U.S. pulls spies from China after hack

 

[Gunz]

"The Washington Post reported Tuesday that the CIA has pulled a number of officers from the U.S. Embassy in Beijing."

Wait...we had spies in China? :wall: Wait...it's all in the Washington Post? :wall::wall: There's some irony here I can't quite put my finger on...

 

[Etype]

Is the answer facebook?

Most people working in a legit capacity have a pretty robust Facebook which at least mentions their job. A real Facebook account with two way communication is hard to fake.

So the answer may be on Facebook...

 

[Brill]

Most people working in a legit capacity have a pretty robust Facebook which at least mentions their job. A real Facebook account with two way communication is hard to fake.

So the answer may be on Facebook...

I non-concur with your assessment.