Erik Hacker @_erikhacker
terrorism & extremism analyst at @ScenorCrew Vienna, AT Joined September 2011-
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In addition to helping fund IS in Iraq, the networks in the unspecified West African countries were also allegedly involved in attack planning in Europe.
#IntelBrief: Agentic AI: Does the Future of Warfare Look Autonomous? thesoufancenter.org/intelbrief-202… 📱Subscribe: thesoufancenter.us4.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=3f…
Ethiopia is reporting it arrested 80+ Islamic State-Somalia members across the country. Somewhat unsurprising given that Ethiopians were/are one of the largest contingents of the group and IS-Som has historically used Eth as a transport/logistics hub ena.et/web/eng/w/eng_…
20 years ago, Ayman al-Zawahiri sent a letter to Abu Mus'ab al-Zarqawi to include more Iraqis in al-Qaeda in the Land of the Two Rivers and to be less extreme in its use of violence against civilians. This would be the first crack that eventually led the split between AQ and IS…
Il y a 20 ans, le 7 juillet 2005, les attentats de #Londres, perpétrés dans les transports publics de la capitale britannique, faisaient 52 morts et près de 800 blessés #AQ #NeverForget
NEW Release - The June issue of CTC Sentinel is out now: ctc.westpoint.edu/june-2025/
Generation Jihad: The Profile and Modus Operandi of Minors Involved in Recent Islamist Terror Plots in Europe - Erik Hacker (@_erikhacker), @CTCWP Sentinel: ctc.westpoint.edu/generation-jih…
In this week’s court records roundup, terror attack planning using Roblox. Plus we passively aggressively call out that one guy at a conference. courtwatch.news/p/131-planning…
#EU must balance innovation, regulation, and ethics in #AI-driven counterterrorism efforts. The #AI Act provides strict oversight but allows exceptions for #law enforcement and #nationalsecurity applications @ClaraBroekaert or-f.org/33271
218 Personen haben den entsprechenden Kanal auf dem geschlossenen IS RocketChat Server besucht. Die wenigsten davon dürften aus DE kommen. So sieht aber der NewsFeed zu den Postern der Crew aus. Ein Mediacoup auf allen Ebenen.
A jihadist plot targeting a train station in Vienna, Austria was reportedly foiled by authorities on 10 February, with the suspect being just 14 years old. Mixed ideological background, sympathy for both ISIS and al-Qaeda. reuters.com/world/europe/a…
📊 Zum Vergleich (2022 – heute): 🇦🇹 Österreich: 7 vereitelte Anschläge, 1 (mutmaßlicher) Angriff 🇫🇷 Frankreich: 20 vereitelte Anschläge, 4 Angriffe 🇩🇪 Deutschland: 16 vereitelte Anschläge, 7 Angriffe 🇧🇪 Belgien: 7 vereitelte Anschläge, 2 Angriffe #terrorismus @_erikhacker
🔴 ANGRIFF IN ÖSTERREICH: Die Messerattacke in Villach wird als mutmaßlicher dschihadistischer Anschlag eingestuft. Ein Überblick von SCENOR-Experte Erik Hacker zeigt: Österreich ist verstärkt in den Fokus dschihadistischer Aktivitäten gerückt 👉 buff.ly/3X3Mijc
Some numbers for comparison (2022 - now), showing Austria as one of Europe's jihadism hotspots: 7 foiled plots, 1 (suspected) attack in Austria; 20 foiled plots and 4 attacks in France; 16 foiled plots and 7 attacks in Germany; 7 foiled plots and 2 attacks in Belgium.
A post that Boko Haram was USAID-funded receives thousands of RTs without any degree of scrutiny. We are losing the war on disinformation at an alarming rate
Still early but very important to see who was targeted here and who Trump is referring to, if not Mumin himself. If Mumin was taken out, giant reverberations around IS in Africa and even globally.
Still early but very important to see who was targeted here and who Trump is referring to, if not Mumin himself. If Mumin was taken out, giant reverberations around IS in Africa and even globally.
The suspect behind the New Orleans terrorist attack was inspired by ISIS and radicalized online, says FBI Director Christopher Wray. "There are not a lot of dots out there to connect. And there's very little time in which to connect them.” cbsn.ws/3WcETxm
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