GCHQ
UK’s GCHQ spy chief says China could win control of the world’s ‘operating system’
GCHQ Director Jeremy Fleming delivers a speech as he meets with Britain’s Queen Elizabeth during her visit at the Watergate House to mark the centenary of the GCHQ (Government Communications Head Quarters) in London, Britain, February 14, 2019. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/Pool The West must urgently act to ensure that China does not dominate the key technologies …
Dutch spies helped Britain’s GCHQ break Argentine crypto during Falklands War • The Register
Avro Vulcan bombers mounted the most daring raid of the Falklands War, bombing the Argentinian mainland. Pic: Phil Holding Dutch spies operating as a part of a European equivalent of the Five Eyes espionage alliance helped GCHQ break Argentinian codes during the Falklands War, it has been revealed. Flowing from revelations made in German-language news …
GCHQ calls on public to report coronavirus-related phishing emails | Technology
GCHQ is asking members of the public to report suspicious emails they have received amid a wave of scams and hacking attacks that seek to exploit fear of Covid-19 to enrich cybercriminals. Epidemics of infectious diseases behave in different ways but the 1918 influenza pandemic that killed more than 50 million people is regarded as a key …
Huawei decision is a sensible compromise but could still anger US | Technology
It may not please large segments of the Conservative party, but Boris Johnson’s Huawei decision is a realistic attempt to carve a compromise between legitimate security concerns about the Chinese company and the need for a fast and affordable rollout of 5G networks in the UK. The decision to designate Huawei a “high risk” vendor …
Safety first: the short, simple guide to securing all your passwords | Technology
It feels like it comes round earlier every year. Yes, today is bad password day, your annual reminder that you should install a password manager and randomise your passwords, lest you end up mocked in the national press for securing your precious secrets behind the unhackable protection of “passw0rd!”. The prompt this time is the …
Liberty mounts latest court challenge to ‘snooper’s charter’ | Technology
The legality of the intelligence services’ bulk surveillance activities under which personal data is obtained from social media companies as well as through hacking and interception is being being challenged in court. Monday’s action by the civil rights organisation Liberty follows revelations last week that MI5 had lost control of its data storage operations and …
