# MIVD The Militaire Inlichtingen- en Veiligheidsdienst (Military Intelligence and Security Service) is the Netherlands' military intelligence agency — responsible for military intelligence, signals intelligence, and cyber operations in support of Dutch armed forces. The MIVD operates alongside the [[AIVD]] (civilian intelligence) and participates in the [[Nine Eyes]] intelligence-sharing arrangement. The MIVD has been notably active in attributing Russian cyber operations: in 2018, Dutch military intelligence officers caught four [[GRU]] operatives in The Hague attempting to hack the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) — which was investigating the Skripal nerve agent attack. The MIVD's public exposure of the operation, complete with the GRU officers' identities and equipment, was one of the most dramatic counterintelligence disclosures in recent history. ## See Also - [[AIVD]] — Dutch civilian intelligence - [[GRU]] — the Russian service MIVD has exposed - [[Nine Eyes]] — the intelligence-sharing tier - [[Global Intelligence Hub]] — full agency index