17 May 2024 | Post-Incident Reports, Threat Landscape
Key Points: On 15 October 2023, Ahmed Ali Alid, a 45-year-old Hartlepool-based individual conducted a fatal terrorist attack in Hartlepool town centre, UK. {X} {X} Alid used a Bladed Weapon to attack and injure a housemate before killing a member of the public. Alid claimed the attack was motivated by the Israel-Hamas conflict. This is the first declared terrorist attack in the UK where the Israel-Hamas conflict has been the primary motivating factor. It is highly likely that the ongoing conflict will act as a driver of UK terrorism threat in the short-term....
02 December 2022 | Post-Incident Reports, Right Wing Terrorism
Image Source: Google (2022) Dover Western Jet Foil. Available at: http://maps.google.co.uk (Accessed: November 2022). When: 11:20 GMT, 30 October 2022 What: 3 crude incendiary devices Where: Dover, UK Who: Andrew Leak; motivated by extrem... This content is subscription only. Log in or sign up for FREE access to our Solutions Centre to gain unlimited access to all our premium content, tools, products, and services in one easy to reach platform. Subscribe...
29 November 2021 | Islamist Terrorism, Post-Incident Reports
When: 10:59, 14 November 2021 Where: Liverpool, UK Who: Emad al Swealmeen; ideology unconfirmed What: Improvised Explosive Device (IED) (prematurely detonated) Deaths: 0 (excluding the perpetrator) Injuries: 1 Type: Attempted person-borne... Log in or sign up for FREE access to our Solutions Centre to gain unlimited access to all our premium content, tools, products, and services in one easy to reach platform. Subscribe...
20 October 2021 | Islamist Terrorism, Post-Incident Reports
When: 12.05 BST, 15 October 2021 Where: Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, United Kingdom Who: Ali Harbi Ali, 25-year-old Somali-Briton (suspected Islamist extremist) What: Bladed weapon attack against an elected representative Deaths: 1 Injuries: 0 Typ... This content is subscription only. Log in or sign up for FREE access to our Solutions Centre to gain unlimited access to all our premium content, tools, products, and services in one easy to reach platform. Subscribe...
24 August 2021 | Islamist Terrorism, Post-Incident Reports
The methodology of the Westminster attack is consistent with the current trend across mainland Europe of extremists using a vehicle and weapons against crowded places at iconic sites, targeting figures of authority such as the police. As the UK threat level was not raised after the attack it is a likely sign Khalid Masood acted alone and the incident was not part of a coordinated campaign. This may be corroborated as the 12 people arrested after the attack have now all been released without charge. Prior to the incident, Islamist extremists appeared to have...
25 February 2021 | Cyber Terrorism, Post-Incident Reports
An initial RFI was completed for Pool Re and submitted on 15 February 2021. The following supplement provides additional insight into the attack and expands on evidence made public since the initial submission. Section 1: Actor Identity and Motivation Due to the seemingly unsophisticated nature of the attack, the most likely circumstance is that the Oldsmar hacker was an amateur actor, likely scrolling Shodan looking for compromised TeamViewer ports on the internet. More may be surmised on the identity of the hacker by analysing the dynamics behind the breach....
