Bernhard Schneider

Bernhard Schneider is a Senior Intelligence Analyst at CrowdStrike, where he leads the Targeted eCrime Mission in the Global Threat Analysis Cell (GTAC). He has worked on various digital threats, from online extremist propaganda, social media influence operations, to targeted cybercrime.

Bernhard holds a BA in Global Challenges from the Leiden University College and an MA in Intelligence & International Security from the King’s College London (KCL) War Studies Department. He is a 2025-2026 Virtual Routes European Cybersecurity Fellow.

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Talk: Bytes that Light the Fire [TLP:AMBER+STRICT]

Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, reports of sabotage across Europe have steadily increased. While tangible attribution of this activity has remained scarce, CrowdStrike Intelligence has been tracking a cybercriminal collective likely acting as a front in this hybrid war.