INTELLIGENCE

The Bucharest Court of Appeal has declared a Tunisian citizen persona non grata for a 10-year period for reasons having to do with his involvement in terrorism-related activities, informs the Romanian Intelligence Service (SRI). “The Tunisian citizen B.O. came to Romania in 2008, to be a student of the Polytechnic University of Bucharest, where he […]

The Bucharest Court of Appeal has declared a Tunisian citizen persona non grata for a 10-year period for reasons having to do with his involvement in terrorism-related activities, informs the Romanian Intelligence Service (SRI). “The Tunisian citizen B.O. came to Romania in 2008, to be a student of the Polytechnic University of Bucharest, where he […]

The Presidential Administration informs that Special Telecommunications Service (STS) General Marcel Opris has been put in reserve. “Decree on putting Special Telecommunications Service General Opris Marcel in reserve, proposal of the Special Telecommunications Service Director,” the Presidential Administration informs. Brigadier General Marcel Opris was appointed Director of the Special Telecommunications Service on 7 December 2005, […]

Romania’s Intelligence Service (SRI) is strongly denying public allegations about its alleged implication in the designation of Romania’s next prime minister, saying that they are ”depreciative and designed to negatively affect the image of institutions that are fundamental in any democratic regime.” “We are strongly rejecting any attempt to implicate SRI in political disputes over […]

The cyberattack deflected on May 12 targeted employees of Romania’s Foreign Ministry (MAE). “There are two fundamentally different things. The attack at MAE was a targeted one, a surgical one of an advance persistent threat nature. Usually, behind such attacks there are state actors. The attack targeted employees there; we intercepted the attack and stopped […]

Justice Minister Tudorel Toader stated on Wednesday morning that he will declassify the archive of the former Independent Service for Protection and Anticorruption (SIPA) “in the shortest of times and in observance of the legal deadlines and procedures.” Supreme Court President Cristina Tarcea said she supports this overture, but the latter should be made in […]

Justice Minister Tudorel Toader stated on Wednesday morning that he will declassify the archive of the former Independent Service for Protection and Anticorruption (SIPA) “in the shortest of times and in observance of the legal deadlines and procedures.” Supreme Court President Cristina Tarcea said she supports this overture, but the latter should be made in […]

During the Supreme Magistracy Council’s (CSM) plenary meeting on Tuesday, judge Gabriela Baltag asked for the meeting’s order of the day to be supplemented with the proposal to lodge with the Justice Ministry an address asking it for explanations on the SIPA Archives situation. Her overture was backed by the Supreme Court President. The members […]

Adrian Tutuianu, Chairman of the Romanian Intelligence Service (SRI) Oversight Committee on presented on Tuesday a series of recommendations following the SRI’s action to counter a cyberattack attempt targeting a governmental institution. The recommendations included performing security updates on all operating systems and creating secure data backups. “Several recommendations we believe we must make publicly: […]

The Romanian Intelligence Service (SRI) is organizing, May 15-17, through the Cyberint National Center, a live national cybersecurity exercise, titled CyDEx17, the SRI informs in a release remitted to AGERPRES. This first edition of the exercise is organized in accordance with Romania’s Cyber Security Strategy and in partnership with the National Defence Ministry (MApN), the […]