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'''Hans van de Ven''' is a former [[Dutch]] [[spook]] working for the military intelligence service [[MiVD]]. Van de Ven was the Chief [[SIGINT]] of the [[MiVD]] in the [[1990s]]. Van de Ven was found death in his home in 2021 in the presence of a known criminal, ruled a natural death. In 2022, the Dutch police reopened his case, suspecting foul play.<ref>https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2022/02/police-reopen-probe-into-death-of-a-former-security-officer-ad/</ref><ref>https://nltimes.nl/2022/01/29/suspicious-death-dutch-secret-service-agent-reexamined</ref>
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'''Hans van de Ven''' was a former [[Dutch]] [[spook]] working for the military intelligence service [[MiVD]]. Van de Ven was the Chief [[SIGINT]] of the [[MiVD]] in the [[1990s]]. Van de Ven was found death in his home in 2021 in the presence of a known criminal, ruled a natural death. In 2022, the Dutch police reopened his case, suspecting foul play.<ref>https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2022/02/police-reopen-probe-into-death-of-a-former-security-officer-ad/</ref><ref>https://nltimes.nl/2022/01/29/suspicious-death-dutch-secret-service-agent-reexamined</ref>
 
   
 
   
 
==Maximator==
 
==Maximator==
In 2020 Van de Ven leaked the [[Maximator-Alliance]], a secret alliance for cooperation in the fields of signals intelligence and crypto analysis, cracking telephones, intercepting communication and implementing spyware with multiple European countries & Israel. After leaking, it was reported by [[The Economist]] & [[ The Register]] and the Dutch NPO.<ref>https://www.theregister.com/2020/05/18/maximator_euro_spy_alliance_falklands_war/</ref><ref>https://www.economist.com/europe/2020/05/28/a-beery-european-spy-club-is-revealed</ref>
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In 2020 Van de Ven exposed the [[Maximator-Alliance]], a secret alliance for cooperation in the fields of signals intelligence and crypto analysis, cracking telephones, intercepting communication and implementing spyware with multiple European countries & Israel. After the leak, it was reported by [[The Economist]]<ref>https://www.economist.com/europe/2020/05/28/a-beery-european-spy-club-is-revealed</ref>, [[The Register]]<ref>https://www.theregister.com/2020/05/18/maximator_euro_spy_alliance_falklands_war/</ref> and the Dutch NPO.
  
Being named "the number one suspect of the MIVD regarding leaking classified files".
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Being named "the number one suspect of the MIVD regarding leaking classified files", Dutch newspaper ''[[AD]]'' mentioned that there were "sources confirming people were not happy with Van de Ven's leaks".<ref>https://www.ad.nl/binnenland/oud-medewerker-geheime-dienst-werd-dood-in-bad-aangetroffen-kan-geen-zuivere-koffie-zijn~a315eeee7/</ref>
Dutch newspaper [[AD]] mentioned that there were "sources confirming people were not happy with Van de Ven's leaks".<ref>https://www.ad.nl/binnenland/oud-medewerker-geheime-dienst-werd-dood-in-bad-aangetroffen-kan-geen-zuivere-koffie-zijn~a315eeee7/</ref>
 
  
 
==Death==
 
==Death==
Van de Ven was found death in his bathtub in [[2021]] in a suburb of [[Amsterdam]]. Although a women being sought for fraud was found to have tipped and guided the police to his body, it was named a "natural death". In [[2022]], the [[police]] opened a [[murder]] investigation into his death. The Dutch national police and the MIVD refused to answer questions why the original police investigation was called off and why there was no police report made up regarding a burglary into his home after his death, only confirming the family kept not accepting the natural death reasoning.
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Van de Ven was found dead in his bathtub in [[2021]] in a suburb of [[Amsterdam]]. Although a women being sought for [[fraud]]{{who}} tipped off and guided the police to his body, it was named a "natural death". In [[2022]], the [[police]] opened a [[murder]] investigation into his death. The Dutch national police and the MIVD refused to answer questions why the original police investigation was called off and why there was no police report made up regarding a [[burglary]] into his home after his death, only confirming the family kept not accepting the natural death reasoning.{{cn}}
  
 
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Revision as of 17:19, 2 February 2022

Person.png Hans van de VenRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(soldier, Spook, Spook/Premature death, Dutch Deep State/Premature death)
VDVen.jpg
Born1953
Netherlands
Died2021 (Age 68)
Amstelveen, Netherlands
ResidenceAmstelveen,  Netherlands
NationalityDutch
ExposedMaximator-Alliance
Victim ofPremature death
Interests • MiVD
• SINGINT
Former SIGINT head of the Dutch MiVD intelligence agency in 1990s. Suspicious death ruled "natural death". House was burglarized shortly after, female found in house sought for fraud let loose. Police reopened case in 2022.

Employment.png Head SIGNINT Division

In office
1990 - 2000
EmployerMIVD

Hans van de Ven was a former Dutch spook working for the military intelligence service MiVD. Van de Ven was the Chief SIGINT of the MiVD in the 1990s. Van de Ven was found death in his home in 2021 in the presence of a known criminal, ruled a natural death. In 2022, the Dutch police reopened his case, suspecting foul play.[1][2]

Maximator

In 2020 Van de Ven exposed the Maximator-Alliance, a secret alliance for cooperation in the fields of signals intelligence and crypto analysis, cracking telephones, intercepting communication and implementing spyware with multiple European countries & Israel. After the leak, it was reported by The Economist[3], The Register[4] and the Dutch NPO.

Being named "the number one suspect of the MIVD regarding leaking classified files", Dutch newspaper AD mentioned that there were "sources confirming people were not happy with Van de Ven's leaks".[5]

Death

Van de Ven was found dead in his bathtub in 2021 in a suburb of Amsterdam. Although a women being sought for fraud[Who?] tipped off and guided the police to his body, it was named a "natural death". In 2022, the police opened a murder investigation into his death. The Dutch national police and the MIVD refused to answer questions why the original police investigation was called off and why there was no police report made up regarding a burglary into his home after his death, only confirming the family kept not accepting the natural death reasoning.[citation needed]


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