cloak-and-dagger

noun

Definition of cloak-and-daggernext
as in counterintelligence

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cloak-and-dagger
  1. counterintelligence
  2. espionage
  3. counterespionage
  4. intelligence
Noun
  • The police have already arrested the Defense Minister, the chief of the National Police, the head of the Metropolitan Police and the military counterintelligence commander for collaborating in the insurrection.
    Joohee Cho, ABC News, 14 Dec. 2024
  • He was detained in 2021 by the local bureau of China’s counterintelligence agency in the southeastern city of Suzhou, after China had closed its borders and imposed tight domestic travel restrictions and social controls to fight the spread of COVID-19.
    Eric Tucker, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2024
Definition of counterintelligence
Noun
  • At the other end of the scale, according to Orange’s research, residential proxy networks have broadly been used for cyber espionage by Russian hackers, in social engineering efforts, as part of DDoS attacks, phishing, botnets, and more.
    Matt Burgess, WIRED, 19 Dec. 2024
  • These vulnerabilities create backdoors that could be leveraged by malicious actors for espionage, data theft or infrastructure disruption.
    Lars Daniel, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of espionage
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  • China’s recent expansion of its counterespionage law to cover a much wider array of information, coupled with raids on some advisory firms and a pickup in exit bans on foreigners, has made the business environment more uncertain.
    Jami Miscik, Foreign Affairs, 24 May 2023
  • After the 9/11 attacks and the rise of Islamist terrorism, ASIO ran down its counterespionage capabilities in favor of counterterrorism.
    Clive Hamilton, Foreign Affairs, 26 July 2018
Definition of counterespionage
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  • At least one militant from the Islamic Jihad group and three security force members have been killed, including a captain in the intelligence services whose death was announced Wednesday, according to the Palestinian forces.
    Majdi Mohammed and Tia Goldenberg, Los Angeles Times, 25 Dec. 2024
  • Up to that point, MicroStrategy had been a middling business intelligence software vendor, but since then, its purchased over 444,000 bitcoins, using its ever-increasing share price as a way to sell stock, raise debt and buy more coin.
    Ari Levy, CNBC, 25 Dec. 2024
Definition of intelligence
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