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Britain's MI6 appoints Blaise Metreweli as its first female chief in 116-year history

Blaise Metreweli, a Cambridge graduate who has worked in the intelligence service since 1999, will become the organisation's 18th leader.

Euronews

Blaise Metreweli named as first woman to lead UK intelligence service MI6

Metreweli, 47, has held series of director-level roles in foreign intelligence service and in domestic agency MI5

The Guardian - UK

GCHQ intern jailed over data breach which risked exposing 17 colleagues

Manchester University computer science student Hasaan Arshad, 25, pleaded guilty to an offence under the Computer Misuse Act.

Evening Standard

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GCHQ intern risked exposing 17 colleagues when he took data home, court told

Hasaan Arshad used his mobile phone to transfer confidential information to his own computer, the Old Bailey heard

The Independent UK

Trial date set for former civil servant accused of lying about GCHQ role

Ifthikhar Alam, 25, appeared at Southwark Crown Court on Thursday charged with three counts of fraud by false representation

Evening Standard

Spy letters show secret orders sent ahead of VE Day

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The Independent UK

GCHQ release cache of spy chatter discussing VE Day before end of war announced

The documents released from GCHQ’s archives mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day.

The Independent UK

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Never-before-see spy letters reveal GCHQ role in VE Day before end of war

The messages relay that the German high command had signed an ‘unconditional surrender’

The Independent UK

Former civil servant, 25, denies lying about being GCHQ intelligence analyst

Ifthikhar Alam is also charged with fraud over allegedly lying about being the Cabinet Office’s ‘Head of Western Balkans’.

Evening Standard

British Army and Royal Navy 'hit by cyberattacks from pro-Russian and pro-Palestinian hackers'

The group, known as the Holy League, is said to be made up of around 90 hacktivist collectives united by opposition to Western liberal values

Evening Standard

Bletchley Park codebreaker and trailblazer for women dead at 101

Charlotte ‘Betty’ Webb died on Monday, the Women’s Royal Army Corps Association said.

The Independent UK

Ex-GCHQ intern admits risking national security with data breach

Hasaan Arshad, 25, allegedly transferred data from a top-secret work station to his work mobile phone

The Guardian - UK

Former GCHQ intern admits top secret data breach risking national security

Hasaan Arshad took his work mobile phone into a top secret area of GCHQ and connected the device to a top secret work station, it was alleged.

Evening Standard

The most important intelligence sharing network in the west is being ruined by America - here’s how

ANALYSIS: The vital Five Eyes intelligence sharing system is being undermined by US incompetence, as revealed by the Signal messaging scandal in Washington, World affairs editor Sam Kiley writes

The Independent UK

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The Guardian - UK

Energy secretary orders investigation into Heathrow disruption – as it happened

Miliband said he wanted ‘to understand any wider lessons to be learned on energy resilience for critical national infrastructure’

Evening Standard

Man dies after electric Porsche crashes outside GCHQ base with two arrested

Two arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving after crash outside intelligence agency headquarters

The Guardian - UK

Journalists who were unlawfully spied on have ‘no doubt’ UK reporters are still targeted

Belfast-based Trevor Birney and Barry McCaffrey won landmark victory that PSNI’s surveillance was unlawful

The Guardian - UK

Monday briefing: What do we know about Prince Andrew and the alleged Chinese spy?

In today’s newsletter: Many questions remain unanswered about the person known only as H6, but the complex relationship between China and the UK is sure to be put under the spotlight

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The Independent UK

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

Evening Standard

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

Fancy a festive challenge?

Evening Standard

‘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.

WhatToWatch

Netflix adds David Schwimmer comedy that split critics and fans

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

The Independent UK

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

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

Evening Standard

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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