Christopher A. Wray

Data Centers, Telecommunications Networks, and Space-Based Systems

Modernizing DHS’s SRMA Role for the Communications and IT Sectors

Iranian Cyber Operations Take Advantage of Weakened U.S. Defenses

The agency responsible for defending against Iranian cyberattacks is running at less than half strength, so perhaps cyber strikes against two U.S. healthcare companies in two weeks should not be surprising....

Iranian and Pro-Regime Cyberattacks Against Americans (2011-Present)

Since 2011, the Islamic Republic of Iran and pro-regime hackers have increasingly utilized digital technology to threaten U.S. national security, conducting dozens of cyber operations against Americans....

The Digital Battlefield

How Terrorists Use the Internet and Online Networks for Recruitment and Radicalization

America Resilient in the Face of Aggressive Foreign Malign Influence Targeting the 2024 U.S. Elections

Laser Focus: Countering China’s LiDAR Threat to U.S. Critical Infrastructure and Military Systems

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Previewing “China Week”

U.S. Charges Pakistani Man With Iran-Backed Plot to Assassinate Government Officials

The United States charged a Pakistani national with a thwarted Iran-backed plot to assassinate American government officials, the U.S. Justice Department disclosed on August 6. The...

U.S. Citizen Who Attempted to Assassinate Salman Rushdie Charged with Aiding Hezbollah

Latest Developments Federal prosecutors charged the man who attempted to assassinate the celebrated author Salman Rushdie in 2022 with “attempting to provide material support” to Iranian-backed...

What could a Trump-Vance China policy look like?

Vance’s focus on China is not surprising. In his personal and professional life he’s seen the way People’s Republic of China actions have affected the lives of Americans.

Islamic State operatives arrested after illegally crossing the US border

On June 11, eight Tajik nationals with ties to the Islamic State in Khorasan Province (ISKP), the terrorist group’s branch in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Central Asia, were arrested in New York,...

Security Risk

The Unprecedented Surge in Chinese Illegal Immigration

FBI Director Warns of Increased Risk of Iranian Cyberattacks 

Latest Developments  FBI Director Christopher Wray said on October 31 that Iran is likely to pose an increased cyber threat to U.S. critical infrastructure as the war between Israel and Hamas continues....

Composite Violent Extremism: A Radicalization Pattern Reshaping Terrorism

The report explains composite violent extremism (CoVE) and introduces its four subtypes: ambiguous, mixed, fused, and convergent extremism.

Composite Violent Extremism: Conceptualizing Attackers Who Increasingly Challenge Traditional Categories of Terrorism

Excerpt Counterterrorism practitioners have increasingly drawn attention to acts of violent extremism which, in the words of Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) director Christopher Wray, “don’t...

Xi’s struggle

China’s Communist ruler isn’t just playing games

Composite Violent Extremism: A Radicalization Pattern Changing the Face of Terrorism

Before opening fire in a Bend, Oregon, grocery store in August 2022, Ethan Miller expressed his hatred toward “EVERYONE & EVERYTHING.” Bearing this out, his rambling online posts displayed racial...

The Dangers of Iran’s Cyber Ambitions

Will ‘Salad Bar Extremism’ Replace ‘Old-School World’ Terrorism?

Will ‘Salad Bar Extremism’ Replace ‘Old-School World’ Terrorism?

What China’s rulers want

The FBI director understands; many business leaders do not