38 h. ago Can you solve the GCHQ Christmas puzzle? Answer these seven questions from the spy agency

The spy agency's "Chief Puzzler" said the notoriously tricky puzzles are designed to test "the same blend of skills our teams use every day to keep the country safe”

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45 h. ago Can YOU solve GCHQ's Christmas quiz? Spy chiefs release seven fiendishly tough brainteasers (but don't fret, we've got the answers...)

Director Anne Keast-Butler, who is the first woman to lead GCHQ, held a competition for over 500 schoolchildren to design the cover of the spy chief's Christmas card.

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4 d. ago Hostile powers sending spies to west’s universities, says former security chief

Canadian expert David Vigneault warns of China’s ‘industrial-strength’ attempts to steal new technologiesHostile spy agencies are now as focused on infiltrating western universities and companies as they are on doing so to governments, according to the former head of Canada’s intelligence service.David Vigneault warned that a recent “industrial-scale” attempt by China to steal new technologies showed the need for increased vigilance from academics. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago UK sanctions Russia’s GRU spy agency over 2018 nerve agent attack

Britain has sanctioned Russia’s GRU intelligence agency and summoned Moscow’s ambassador after an inquiry concluded that President Vladimir Putin was responsible for a nerve agent attack on British soil in 2018

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8 d. ago US halted plans to sanction Chinese spy agency to maintain trade truce

Decision sparks concern among China hawks that Donald Trump is sacrificing national security

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2 w. ago CIA head reveals National Guard shooting suspect worked with spy agency in Afghanistan as Trump blasts Biden for flying him in during disastrous withdrawal from country

Late on Wednesday night, CIA Director John Ratcliffe sensationally revealed Lakanwal had direct links to the CIA from his work alongside US Special Forces in Afghanistan.

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3 w. ago MI5 names two people in alert to MPs and peers about Chinese espionage

Spy agency says Amanda Qui and Shirly Shen have been using LinkedIn to ‘obtain non-public and insider insights’MI5 has issued an espionage alert to MPs and peers warning that two people linked to the Chinese intelligence service are actively seeking to recruit parliamentarians.The two people, who operate as headhunters on the LinkedIn professional networking website aiming to obtain “non-public and insider insights”, MI5 said, are also targeting economists, thinktank staff and civil servants for their access to politicians. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Canada says Russia and China are ramping up spy efforts in its Arctic region

Canada’s spy agency says it has observed intelligence threats targeting country’s government and private sectorCanada’s domestic spy agency says Russia and China have a “significant intelligence interest” in Canada’s Arctic, and are targeting both the country’s government and its private sector.In his annual speech on threats facing Canada, Dan Rogers, director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), flagged mounting concerns over hostile nations growing increasingly emboldened in the Arctic. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Canada says Russia and China are ramping up spy efforts in Arctic region

Canada’s spy agency says it has observed intelligence threats targeting country’s government and private sectorCanada’s domestic spy agency says Russia and China have a “significant intelligence interest” in Canada’s Arctic, and are targeting both the country’s government and its private sector.In his annual speech on threats facing Canada, Dan Rogers, director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), flagged mounting concerns over hostile nations growing increasingly emboldened in the Arctic. Continue reading...

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