espionage

Chinese Intelligence Official Charged With Stealing U.S. Aviation Secrets

The charges come as the Trump administration takes a harder line on China

By Tom Schoenberg and Chris Strohm / Bloomberg October 10, 2018

Chinese LinkedIn Profile Scam Targeted German Politicians

More than 10,000 German citizens may have been targeted

By Joseph Hincks December 10, 2017

Mata Hari's True Story Remains a Mystery 100 Years After Her Death

She was executed on Oct. 15, 1917

By Ray Cavanaugh October 13, 2017

That Time the CIA Tried to Train Cats to Be Spies

On the 70th anniversary of the act creating the CIA, here's a look at one of the agency's odder moments

By Olivia B. Waxman July 26, 2017

Why Trump Can't Stop the Russia Investigations

Investigators amass evidence under court supervision, regardless of who is in charge

By Massimo Calabresi May 23, 2017

Chelsea Manning Petitions President Obama for Shortened Sentence

Manning was sentenced to 35 years imprisonment for leaking government secrets

By Maya Rhodan November 14, 2016

A U.S. Woman Has Been Charged With Spying in China

Sandy Phan-Gillis has been accused of "assisting external parties to steal national intelligence"

By TIME Staff August 30, 2016

How the IRS Could Better Protect Your Tax Data

These are today's best ideas

By The Aspen Institute April 18, 2016

German 'Triple Agent' Caught Spying

Markus Reichel, who worked in the mail room at Germany's intelligence agency, passed classified documents to the U.S. and Russians

By Mark Rivett-Carnac March 18, 2016

The Shocking Story of Hitler’s Jewish Spy

And the lesson it holds for us today

By John Broich / History News Network February 8, 2016

The Russian Dissident Whose Poisoning Was Linked to Putin

Who was Alexander Litvinenko?

By Dan Stewart January 21, 2016

What the CIA Told JFK and LBJ About Mao

And the real reason, it seems, that the CIA fought for decades to keep these documents secret

By Steve Usdin / History News Network January 19, 2016

U.S. Intelligence Chief Doubts China Halted Espionage

The G-20 pledged this week to comply with cybersecurity rules barring commercial espionage

By TIME Staff November 18, 2015

Edward Snowden Is On Twitter Now

@Snowden's first tweet seems to be directed at the NSA

By Tanya Basu September 29, 2015

China Arrests American Woman, Accuses Her of Being a Spy

This comes ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to the United States

By Tanya Basu September 22, 2015

This Map Shows China’s Cyber Invasion Of The U.S. Is Well Underway

There have reportedly been more than 600 successful attacks in the past five years

By Chris Matthews / Fortune July 31, 2015

PETA Accuses SeaWorld of Spying

Another weird turn in the SeaWorld saga

By Ben Geier/Fortune July 14, 2015

How Real Is the Threat of a Cyberattack?

The threat of a state-sponsored cyberattack on the U.S. is inevitable and could potentially destabilize the global system

By TIME Video July 7, 2015

The Other Pentagon Papers Secret: Few People Actually Read Them

June 30, 1971: The Supreme Court rules to allow the publication of articles about the Vietnam War’s origins, based on the Pentagon Papers

By Jennifer Latson June 30, 2015

The Surprising Story of the Spy who Worked for TIME

Pham Xuan An was a respected reporter based in Saigon during the Vietnam War. But the information he brought this magazine's reporters was being given to the soldiers America was fighting

By Lily Rothman April 29, 2015

Cuban President Honors Spies Jailed in U.S. as Heroes

The awards come despite thawing relations between Washington and Havana

By TIME Staff February 25, 2015

U.S. Has Infected Foreign Computer Networks, Says Report

Iran, Russia, Afghanistan and Pakistan are among the nations allegedly infected with the malicious "implants"

By Rishi Iyengar February 16, 2015

Feds Accuse 3 of Being Russian Spies in NYC

The suspects allegedly discussed methods to recruit local New Yorkers by falsely promising rewards in exchange for private documents

By Dan Kedmey January 26, 2015

Hizballah's Failures Go Well Beyond an Alleged Israeli Mole

The so-called "A-Team" of terror has had a run of failures since the 2008 assassination of its mastermind. And Iran hasn't done any better.

By Karl Vick January 6, 2015

Ex-Marine Held in Iran Goes on Hunger Strike

Dual U.S.-Iranian citizen Amir Hekmati was sentenced to 10 years for espionage

By Rishi Iyengar December 17, 2014

Edward Snowden, Lupe Fiasco and More Wish Chelsea Manning a Happy Birthday

Michael Stipe called her a "patriot"

By Victor Luckerson December 16, 2014

Germany May Counter U.S. Spying With Typewriters

The use of typewriters instead of e-mail was adopted by Russia last year following similar claims of U.S espionage

By Mirren Gidda July 15, 2014

U.S. and Germany Make Nice Amid Espionage Claims

"We have enormous political cooperation and we are great friends," says Secretary of State John Kerry

By Aleksandra Gjorgievska July 14, 2014

U.S. Spy Scandal in Germany Is Music to Putin's Ears

The rift in relations between Western allies could not have come at a better time for the Russian President

By Simon Shuster / Berlin July 10, 2014

Germany Asks U.S. Intelligence Official to Leave

With tensions between the two allies already high

By Mirren Gidda July 10, 2014

Germany, U.S. Mistrust Deepens Amid Spy Scandals

Just as the outrage over U.S. surveillance in Germany was starting to die down, a fresh set of allegations sends their relations into another tailspin

By Simon Shuster / Berlin July 7, 2014

Germany Arrests Man Said to Be U.S. Spy

With relations between allies already tense over snooping

By Mirren Gidda July 4, 2014

TIME Explains Chinese Hacking Charges

Here's what the Chinese military was looking for and why

By TIME Video May 20, 2014

The U.S.'s Hypocritical Stance Against Chinese Hackers

The problem with taking a stand against China is that we've also been stealing secret data from them, a longstanding practice on both sides as old as the Cold War.

By Bruce Schneier May 20, 2014

China's Strategic Campaign to Steal Western Commercial Secrets

The indictment lays down an important marker that strategic intellectual property theft will be treated as a serious breach.

By Michael Chertoff May 20, 2014

What China's Cyber-Espionage Says About Its Economy

The Obama Administration's outrage over Chinese hacking has its roots in conflicting views of the government's role in private business. So don't expect a meeting of the minds anytime soon.

By Rana Foroohar May 20, 2014

AT&T Strikes $48.5 Billion Deal for DirecTV

Welcome to #theBrief, the four stories to know about right now—from the editors of TIME

By TIME Video May 19, 2014

Inside Putin's Eastern European Spy Network

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s well-organized espionage operations from the Baltic Sea to the Caucasus are described as "soft power with a hard edge," but his efforts across the region have been more systematic than the unrest in Ukraine suggests

By Massimo Calabresi May 7, 2014

Why Obama May Release One of History’s Most Notorious Spies

Should the only American convicted of espionage and sentenced to life in prison be released?

By TIME Video April 1, 2014

China Looks to Strengthen Internet Security After Spying Reports

Tensions increase amid reports that U.S. hacked into top telecommunications firm

By Maddy Fry March 27, 2014

MI5 and the FBI Evolved Alongside One Another, But Their Relationship Hasn’t Always Been Constructive

Before the Berlin Wall, the KGB Used a Familiar Tool to Undermine Democracy in Germany: Disinformation

Virginia Hall Was America’s Most Successful Female WWII Spy. But She Was Almost Kept From Serving

How Odette Sansom Became One of WWII's Most Remarkable Spies