Elena Grossfeld

New publication with Dr. Huw Dylan: how Russian disinformation exploits large language models to advance “the politics of eternity.” Tainted datasets embed lasting distortions in digital memory — a new frontier in info warfare journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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1/3 📕 #CovertAction: National Approaches to Unacknowledged Intervention is now out!

I am delighted to have co-authored the chapter “Czechoslovakia: Covert Measures in Peace and War.”

New addition

Journal article: Revisionist future: Russia's assault on large language models, the distortion of collective memory, and the politics of eternity by Huw Dylan, Elena Grossfeld (published 29-09-2025)

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/29768640251377941

New addition

Journal article: The War on Open-Source Intelligence by Thomas Colley, Huw Dylan (published 29-09-2025)

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0163660X.2025.2554477

Oh and btw, the current nominee for the post - chosen by Bibi - raises questions on whether he will be able or willing to refuse something similar. Many have grave doubts (including 4 former heads of Shabak) who wrote letters to the appointment committee.

For analysis specifically, when a country is democratically backsliding, intelligence analysts have the option of getting fired (or worse) or keeping their heads low, directing their energy to the direction inline with management wishes, and towing the line

Based on reporting from Israel, when Bibi demanded from previous heads of Shabak to speak out about this political adversaries (Bennet, Gantz) and do some other, decidedly undemocratic activities, they refused. Not an analysis as such.

even better news - it doesn't have to be real statistics! you can put there whatever the hell you want!

Unveiling Russian intelligence failures in the Ukraine conflict: a strategic culture perspective Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 was accompanied by a major intelligence failure. Russia’s intelligence machinery failed strategically and tactically, leaving leaders surprised and for...

🚨Publication alert:

Our KCSI members, Huw Dylan and Elena Grossfeld (@kloosha.bsky.social) have published an #openaccess article.

'Unveiling Russian intelligence failures in the Ukraine conflict: a strategic culture perspective' @warstudieskcl.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1080/0268...

New addition

Journal article: Unveiling Russian intelligence failures in the Ukraine conflict: a strategic culture perspective by Huw Dylan, Elena Grossfeld (published 22-08-2025)

https://doi.org/10.1080/02684527.2025.2544460

Our article w/Huw Dylan Unveiling Russian Intelligence Failures in the Ukraine Conflict: A Strategic Culture Perspective is out, demonstrating how Russian intelligence’s strategic culture shaped its key failures in 2022.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Unveiling Russian intelligence failures in the Ukraine conflict: a strategic culture perspective Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 was accompanied by a major intelligence failure. Russia’s intelligence machinery failed strategically and tactically, leaving leaders surprised and for...

Another super article from Huw Dylan and @kloosha.bsky.social:

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

IISS: 'The Scale of Russian Sabotage Operations Against Europe’s Critical Infrastructure' www.iiss.org/research-pap...

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"We moved to Russia for traditional values" How Americans Derek and DeAnna Huffman were conned

Friends don’t let friends move to modern day Russia.

Conmen await you there. And, possibly, violent death.

nataliaantonova.substack.com/p/we-moved-t...

US Nuclear Weapons Agency Breached in Microsoft SharePoint Hack The US agency responsible for maintaining and designing the nation’s cache of nuclear weapons was among those breached by a hack of Microsoft Corp.’s SharePoint document management software, according...

Ouch! www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Trump Is Breaking American Intelligence “Speak plainly!” Russian President Vladimir Putin snapped at his foreign intelligence chief, Sergei Naryshkin, at a televised security council meeting on the eve of his shambolic full-scale invasion o...

Powerful statement from our boss Gen Michael Hayden w/ former CIA officer David Gioe in the new Foreign Affairs

www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...

This is much better than the current state, but R-Mode can still be jammed. China's approach, with eLoran system that is better against jamming and spoofing, and that is integrated into its PNT infrastructure appears to be better.

Excited to share my latest research examining how Russia's sabotage operations could extend from Europe to orbit. The space domain presents unique vulnerabilities that mirror—and amplify—the hybrid threats we're already seeing on Earth.

🧵 THREAD: A federal whistleblower just dropped one of the most disturbing cybersecurity disclosures I’ve ever read.

He's saying DOGE came in, data went out, and Russians started attempting logins with new valid DOGE passwords

Media's coverage wasn't detailed enough so I dug into his testimony:

Getting rid of threat hunting increases government efficiency, just not for the US government.

US intel shows Russia and China are attempting to recruit disgruntled federal employees, sources say | CNN Politics Foreign adversaries including Russia and China have recently directed their intelligence services to ramp up recruiting of US federal employees working in national security, targeting those who have b...

"Foreign adversaries including Russia and China have recently directed their intelligence services to ramp up recruiting of US federal employees working in national security, targeting those who have been fired or feel they could be soon"
www.cnn.com/2025/02/28/p...

Russian sabotage using gig economy approach @drichterova.bsky.social @magslong.bsky.social Patrick Bury

The Long Shadow of Soviet Sabotage Doctrine? - War on the Rocks Boris Nikolaevich Rodin was a known entity in the KGB. Operating as an intelligence officer in London from 1947 to 1951, he helped manage the defection of

▶️ 'The Long Shadow of the Soviet Sabotage?’, War on the Rocks, shorturl.at/TLhT8

▶️ 'Russian Sabotage in the Gig-Economy Era', RUSI, co-authored @kloosha.bsky.social, @magslong.bsky.social & @patrickbury.bsky.social, shorturl.at/qp1Z9

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October 7 raised many difficult questions relating not only to collection and analysis, but also to the relationship b/w intelligence and policymakers.

On Jan. 21 we will hold a panel to discuss intel-policy relations in a comparative perspective (USA, Russia, & Israel)>>

Bar chart showing publications over years on intelligence studies (from 1874 to 2024).

Could 2024 be considered the golden year of #intelligence studies? Based on @intelarchive.io data, the answer is yes.

A mini thread about publications on intelligence studies in 2024. +

#WatchingTheJackals uncovers #Czechoslovakia's interactions with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine #PFLP, led by the powerful #GeorgeHabash & the followers of its breakaway military mastermind #WadiHaddad, poisoned by #Mossad in 1978.

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KCSI in 2024

Our final Insights post of the year is now out - an Insight into KCSI in 2024 by @yozkan.bsky.social kcsi.uk/kcsi-insight...

🎙️ Great pleasure talking to @ianwilloughby.bsky.social @radiopraguefr.bsky.social about 📗 #WatchingTheJackals, research in #Czech archives, #Arafat, #AbuDaoud & much more.

Take a listen 👇

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A new take on Pokemon Go game - using teens to collect intel