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The Latest Breaking News from GCHQ

UK spy agency releases annual Christmas card puzzle to uncover future codebreakers

Britain's spy agency is celebrating the festive season with a riddle wrapped in an enigma inside a mystery

The Independent UK

Call to aspiring spies to see if you can solve GCHQ’s notoriously tricky annual Christmas puzzle

The puzzle is masterminded by a team of experts who work at GCHQ

The Independent UK

GCHQ Christmas puzzle 2024: do you have what it takes to solve it?

Fancy a festive challenge?

Evening Standard

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‘Broader and deeper’ online risk to UK from criminals and state-backed hackers

The head of the National Cyber Security Centre, Richard Horne, said the reliance on technology meant the risk from attack was greater.

Evening Standard

Netflix adds David Schwimmer comedy that split critics and fans

Intelligence, which sees Schwimmer play an annoying spook, has hit Netflix

WhatToWatch

GCHQ issues alert over cyber attackers working on behalf of Iranian government

National Cyber Security Centre warns ‘malicious’ activity putting accounts at risk

The Independent UK

OPINION - The spy who bored me: All the people I knew who became spies are dull — thank goodness

As a childhood reader of spy novels, I acquired high expectations of the secret world. British spies would be flamboyant and exceptional Bond-types. But looking around the post-university scene, I realise that all the people I knew who became spies are dull. There was the humdrum civil service fast streamer…

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‘Encryption is deeply threatening to power’: Meredith Whittaker of messaging app Signal

The woman in charge of the secure communication channel remains implacably opposed to the ‘disease’ of surveillance – and concerned about the sharing of personal data

The Guardian - UK

Former head of GCHQ praises Labour’s defence and security plans

David Omand says pledges on nuclear deterrent shows party can be trusted ‘to stick to serious defence policy’

The Guardian - UK

World War War III May Already Have Started—in the Shadows

Cyber intrusions, arson, bombings, and other mayhem feature in the conflict between West and East.

Reason

Russia directing hackers to attack UK and west, says director of GCHQ

Anne Keast-Butler ‘increasingly concerned’ by growing links between Russia and proxy hacker groups that pose risk to UK

The Guardian - UK

GCHQ quiz tests your ability to become a spy: do you have what it takes?

Take the GCHQ image test before tomorrow to see if you have the skills to become a spy

Evening Standard

Review of MI6 worker Gareth Williams’ death finds no new DNA evidence

Code-breaker was found dead inside a padlocked holdall at his London flat in 2010

The Guardian - UK

Huge rally to mark 40th anniversary of ban on unions at GCHQ

The GCHQ dispute has a special place in labour movement history, says the TUC.

Evening Standard

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PC Gamer

Your PC might be cool, but it'll never be Colossus—an 80-year-old beast as tall as a person that could 'read Hitler's mind'

Code breakers.

The Guardian - UK

End government by WhatsApp, urges former GCHQ head

Sir David Omand tells parliamentary inquiry the platform should be restricted to ‘background mood music’

Evening Standard

OPINION - Want to buy a house? Pick your parents carefully

I don't know what a coup d'état in Britain would look like. Presumably, the belligerents would simultaneously seize Whitehall/Parliament, the BBC and GCHQ amongst other institutions.

Evening Standard

GCHQ Christmas Puzzle 2023: Can you solve this codebreaking challenge aimed at secondary schools?

The agency has said that this year's challenge is their hardest yet

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The Independent UK

Can you solve GCHQ’s ‘toughest ever’ Christmas quiz?

GCHQ chief said it was the ‘trickiest’ annual Christmas quiz ever aimed at secondary school children

The Guardian - UK

Testing times: GCHQ releases annual festive puzzle

Eight-part problem has been sent to secondary schools and now released more widely for anyone to solve

The Guardian - UK

Sellafield nuclear site hacked by groups linked to Russia and China

Exclusive: Malware may still be present and potential effects have been covered up by staff, investigation reveals

The Guardian - UK

The week in audio: Death of a Code Breaker; A History of the World in Spy Objects; Legacy; Disability and the Adult Industry; The Essay– review

Radio Wales investigates the death of GCHQ’s Gareth Williams; Alice Loxton uncovers snippets of spy lore; and first-time producers deliver BBC radio gold

The Independent UK

AI among biggest threats to next UK general election, cyber security agency warns

GCHQ’s cyber security agency warns next year’s vote will be first in UK since significant advances were made in AI

The Independent UK

AI risks unknown even to GCHQ, director says

Anne Keast-Butler said artificial intelligence could amplify existing problems or create new ones.

The Guardian - UK

Best podcasts of the week: Philippa Gregory celebrates everyday women who changed the world

In this week’s newsletter: From Greenham Common protestors to Spitfire pilots, the author celebrates history’s unsung female heroes in Normal Women. Plus: five podcasts that actually solved crimes

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