Relationship Details

SVR Adversarial recruitment NSA employees

Connected Entities

Entity A
SVR
Type: organization
Mentions: 102
Also known as: Russian Intelligence Service (SVR), Russian Intelligence Services / SVR, SVR (Russian Foreign Intelligence Service)
Entity B
NSA employees
Type: person
Mentions: 2

Evidence

SVR seeking to recruit 'insider computer personnel' using false flag recruitments.

Source Documents (1)

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Narrative Report / Book Excerpt (Likely from a congressional oversight file regarding Intelligence/Snowden)
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This document appears to be page 177 of a report or book (potentially by Edward Jay Epstein regarding Edward Snowden) submitted to House Oversight. It details the vulnerabilities of the NSA to 'insider threats' and Russian intelligence (SVR/KGB) recruitment tactics, specifically targeting system administrators. It discusses the 2011 OPM hack as a method for identifying potential recruits via Standard Form 86 data and links Edward Snowden to various anti-surveillance groups like Wikileaks and the TOR project in 2012-2013.

SVR's Other Relationships

Employment cover Alexander Poteyev
Strength: 6/10 View
Employee Alexander Poteyev
Strength: 6/10 View
Surveillance Anti-surveillance activists
Strength: 5/10 View
Espionage Harold Nicholson
Strength: 5/10 View
Mole Harold Nicholson
Strength: 5/10 View

Relationship Metadata

Type
Adversarial recruitment
Relationship Strength
5/10
Medium strength relationship
Source Documents
1
Extracted
2025-11-19 18:46

Entity Network Stats

SVR 8 relationships
NSA employees 1 relationships
Mutual connections 0

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