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Re:Mysterious drones have been spotted at airports across Eu... by ACCount37 on Monday November 17, 2025 @09:43AM (#45954011)
Civilian drones most of the time.

It's thought that it's Russian illegal agents doing this. A lot of them locals recruited online. Really cheap ops done by really cheap people, using cheap and deniable gear.

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Re:Mysterious drones have been spotted at airports across Eu... by mosst on Monday November 17, 2025 @10:08AM (#45954239)
I have heard about this happening in Russia but not the other way around. Can you please elaborate?
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Re:Mysterious drones have been spotted at airports across Eu... by sigwinch on Monday November 17, 2025 @10:21AM (#45954360)
As of October, Russian efforts via Telegram are associated with the seemingly-spontaneous swarms around places like The Hague.

https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-cyberespionage-gig-...

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Re:Mysterious drones have been spotted at airports across Eu... by Cthulhu_ on Monday November 17, 2025 @10:26AM (#45954396)
It makes sense. In the Netherlands, young people (<18) have been recruited for all kinds of stuff by organized crime; bank account money muling as part of laundering operations, laying bombs, getting drugs / other smuggled stuff out of shipping containers in ports, that kind of thing. They target these because for them, a few hundred € is a huge sum, and the legal system is very forgiving to underage people, assuming they even get caught.
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