The Hague Program on International Cyber Security

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The Hague Program on International #CyberSecurity, researching cyber peace and security issues at Leiden University / hosting The Hague Threat Intelligence Exchange (@haguetix).
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In one week, we will welcome @rondeibert at our next online seminar for a talk and Q&A on his new book Chasing Shadows!

Join us on Tuesday 15 April, 16:00-17:00 (CET) - register here to receive the meeting link:
https://universiteitleiden.zoom.us/meeting/register/m3xDYyg8QNSegGRE4ZNpcA

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Chasing Shadows: Cyber Espionage, Subversion, and the Global Fight for Democracy, with Ron Deibert. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

In our April session, we welcome Ron Deibert for a talk on his new book Chasing Shadows: Cyber Espionage, Subversion, and the Global Fight for Democracy. ***About the book*** Like a John Le Carré novel updated for the digital age, Chasing Shadows provides a gripping account of how the Citizen Lab, the world’s foremost digital watchdog, has uncovered dozens of cyber espionage cases and protects people in countries around the world. Called “essential reading” by Margaret Atwood, it’s a chilling reminder of the invisible invasions happening on smartphones and computers around the world. In this real-life spy thriller, cyber security expert Ronald Deibert details the unseemly marketplace for high-tech surveillance, professional disinformation, and computerized malfeasance. He reveals how his team of digital sleuths at the Citizen Lab have lifted the lid on dozens of covert operations targeting innocent citizens everywhere. Chasing Shadows provides a front-row seat to a dark underworld of digital espionage, disinformation, and subversion. There, autocrats and dictators peer into their targets’ lives with the mere press of a button, spreading their tentacles of authoritarianism through a digital ecosystem that is insecure, poorly regulated, and prone to abuse. The activists, opposition figures, and journalists who dare to advocate for basic political rights and freedoms are hounded, arrested, tortured, and sometimes murdered. From the gritty streets of Guatemala City to the corridors of power in the White House, this compelling narrative traces the journey of the Citizen Lab as it evolved into a globally renowned source of counterintelligence for civil society. As this small team of investigators disarmed cyber mercenaries and helped to improve the digital security of billions of people worldwide, their success brought them, too, into the same sinister crosshairs that plagued the victims they worked to protect.

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#CallForTalks ! - Deadline: 31 March 2025, 11:59am (CET - Central European Time)!

Hague TIX is currently accepting proposals for talks on cyber operations and their geopolitical and societal repercussions. The research should not have been presented elsewhere. Talks are 20 minutes long, followed by small group Q&A discussions. We are particularly interested in – but not limited to – the following angles:

- Operations coordinated, conducted by, or linked to state actors
- Use of generative AI by cyber threat actors
- Observed use of cyber operations during wartime
- Preparation for destructive or disruptive cyberoperations
- The strategic use of information operations
- Cyber criminal operations with a national security dimension

The conference has an empirical focus and aims to bring together security researchers from academia, civil society, industry and government.

Please note that Hague TIX is a fully in-person conference with no recording or livestreaming. We cover registration costs, travel, and accommodation for speakers.

Please send your talk proposal to haguetix@thehagueprogram.nl by Monday morning 31 March 2025, 11:59am (CET - Central European Time).

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Call for talks! - Send us your proposals by Monday 31 March, 11:59am/noon (Central European Time) --> https://www.thehagueprogram.nl/the-hague-tix/hague-tix-2025-welcome @thehagueprogram @DennisBroeders
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In October, we were joined by @lmaschmeyer for a talk on his book Subversion! Did you miss it? Catch up via our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2WYtPcOyKk
Subversion: From Covert Operations to Cyber Conflict, with Lennart Maschmeyer

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New month, new seminar! On 12 December, we welcome @josephcox for a talk on his book Dark Wire: The Incredible True Story of the Largest Sting Operation Ever (both a Financial Times & Economist best book of 2024!).

Join us online - register here to receive the meeting link: https://www.thehagueprogram.nl/events/dark-wire-the-incredible-true-story-of-the-largest-sting-operation-ever-with-joseph-cox

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New month, new seminar! On 28 November, we welcome Lucie Kadlecová for a talk on her book 'Cyber Sovereignty: The Future of Governance in Cyberspace'! Join us online - register here to receive the link: https://www.thehagueprogram.nl/events/cyber-sovereignty-the-future-of-governance-in-cyberspace-with-lucie-kadlecova
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Join us tomorrow afternoon/Thursday 16 October, 16:00-17:00 (CET) online on Zoom for our next monthly seminar, this week with @lmaschmeyer on his new book Subversion: From Covert Operations to Cyber Conflict! Register here: https://universiteitleiden.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5wode-oqDIqE9QcNXEZvHDbl3SYok9kXYbR#/registration
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Subversion: From Covert Operations to Cyber Conflict, with Lennart Maschmeyer. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

In our October session, we welcome Lennart Maschmeyer for a talk on his book Subversion: From Covert Operations to Cyber Conflict. *About the book* In Subversion, Lennart Maschmeyer provides a powerful new theory and analysis of an age-old concept. While a strategy of subversion offers great strategic promise in theory, it faces an underappreciated set of challenges that limit its strategic value in practice. Drawing from two major cases—the KGB's use of traditional subversion methods to crush the Prague Spring in 1968 and Russia's less successful use of cyberwarfare against Ukraine since 2014—Maschmeyer demonstrates both the benefits and weaknesses of the approach. While many believe that today's cyber-based subversion campaigns offer new strategic opportunities, they also come with their own challenges. Because of these disadvantages, cyber operations continue to fall short of expectations—most recently in the Russo-Ukrainian war. By showing that traditional subversion methods remain the more potent threat, Subversion forces us to reconsider our fears of the subversive potential of cyberwar. *About Lennart Maschmeyer* Lennart Maschmeyer is a senior researcher in cybersecurity at the Center for Security Studies at ETH Zurich. He holds a PhD from the University of Toronto and an MPhil from the University of Oxford. His work has been published in International Security, the European Journal of International Relations, and the Journal of Information Technology and Politics and has received wide news coverage.

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On 19 September, 16:00-17:00 (CET), we welcome Shannon Vallor at our first online seminar of this new academic year! Join us on Zoom for the talk on her book The AI Mirror: How to Reclaim Our Humanity in an Age of Machine Thinking: https://www.thehagueprogram.nl/events/the-ai-mirror-how-to-reclaim-our-humanity-in-an-age-of-machine-thinking-with-shannon-vallor
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#HagueTIX2024 program is up! ➡ https://www.thehagueprogram.nl/the-hague-tix/hague-tix-2024-program-overview

We hope you will join us on Monday 24 June!

Big thank you to all our sponsors for making this edition happen: @minbz @GemeenteDenHaag @esetnl @googlecloudsec

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Join us this week on Thursday 23 May at 16:00 (CET) for our next online seminar, with @scottjshapiro on his book Fancy Bear Goes Phishing! -> https://www.thehagueprogram.nl/events/fancy-bear-goes-phishing-with-scott-j-shapiro
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