The Latest Breaking News from MI5

Friday essay: the secret lives of Ian Fleming and John Le Carré – the spymasters shaped by a lack of parental love

In 2022, writer Suleika Dawson published an intimate, refreshingly candid first-hand account of her passionate extramarital affair with David Cornwell – who worked as an intelligence agent for MI5 and MI6 in the 1950s and early 1960s, and wrote spy novels using the pseudonym John le Carré.

The Conversation · Oct 26, 2023

Al-Qaida and IS call on followers to strike Israeli, US and Jewish targets

Israeli military offensive in Gaza offers opportunity to extremist groups in west and Middle East, experts say

The Guardian - UK · Oct 22, 2023

The Rise of the New Spycraft Regimes

U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez’s indictment should remind the West not to underestimate the intelligence capabilities of smaller powers.

Foreign Policy · Oct 21, 2023

MI5 warns of sharp rise in foreign states trying to steal secrets from UK firms

The UK intelligence service joined with the other Five Eyes powers to issue stark advice to businesses in emerging technology.

The Independent UK · Oct 17, 2023

20,000 Britons approached by Chinese agents on LinkedIn, says MI5 head

Ken McCallum warns China is trying to steal industrial and technological secrets in the west

The Guardian - UK · Oct 17, 2023

MI5 boss warns of ‘aggressive attempts’ by hostile states like China to steal secrets

UK intelligence boss will appear alongside ‘Five Eyes’ spy chiefs from the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand at Silicon Valley summit

The Independent UK · Oct 17, 2023

MI5 chief in first joint public appearance with heads of Five Eyes spy agencies

Ken McCallum will speak alongside counterparts from the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand amid warnings about foreign state threats to businesses.

The Independent UK · Oct 17, 2023

From boardrooms to bedrooms: ICI director’s office was the perfect formula for £18m penthouse in Westminster

The future occupants of The Gainsborough’s walnut-panelled rooms will be able to call MI5 their nextdoor neighbours

Evening Standard · Oct 12, 2023

UK government spy scandals fuel calls for tougher stance on China

Britain's MI5 security service warned the UK Conservative party that two would-be MPs could be Chinese spies, a minister said Wednesday, after news reports on Sunday revealed a parliamentary researcher was arrested in March on suspicion of spying for Beijing.

France 24 · Sep 13, 2023

Tory party ‘acted swiftly’ to block would-be MPs after MI5 warnings

Party removed two people from candidates list after MI5 warned in 2021 they could be Chinese spies

The Guardian - UK · Sep 13, 2023