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You're a true detective if you can solve UK spy agency's tricky Christmas brain teaser

If you always dreamt of being a spy, now is your chance to show off your detective skills. Government Communications Headquarters has released a brain-teaser Christmas card as per its annual puzzle tradition. A Christmas mission This year’s quiz is based on geography and also contains three extra elements hidden within the card. While the first puzzle features five images …

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1 week, 6 days ago

UK Spy Agency Uses Annual Christmas Card Puzzle To Find Future Codebreakers

Huff Post

LONDON — What does a spy agency give for Christmas? GCHQ, Britain’s electronic and cyber-intelligence agency, on Wednesday published its annual Christmas Challenge – a seasonal greeting card that doubles as a set of fiendishly difficult puzzles designed to excite young minds about solving cyphers and unearthing clues. The challenge is aimed at young people aged 11 to 18, who …

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

Associated Press

LONDON — What does a spy agency give for Christmas? GCHQ, Britain’s electronic and cyber-intelligence agency, on Wednesday published its annual Christmas Challenge – a seasonal greeting card that doubles as a set of fiendishly difficult puzzles designed to excite young minds about solving cyphers and unearthing clues. The challenge is aimed at young people aged 11 to 18, who …

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1 week, 6 days ago

Can you solve GCHQ’s notoriously tricky Christmas puzzle?

The Independent

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The focus of this year’s quiz is the geography of the intelligence and cyber …

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3 weeks ago

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

The Independent

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The UK’s reliance on technology across government, businesses and people’s personal …

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3 weeks ago

Russia is exploiting UK’s dependence on technology to cause ‘maximum destruction’, warns GCHQ

The Independent

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Russia, China and other hostile actors are exploiting the UK’s dependence …

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4 weeks, 1 day ago

UK spies to counter Russian cyber warfare threat with new AI security lab

Hindustan Times

British spies will seek to counter the threat of Russian cyber warfare with a new laboratory for artificial intelligence, a minister will announce, as he insists Vladimir Putin will fail to deter support for Ukraine. Mr McFadden, whose brief includes national security, will also announce a new Laboratory for AI Security Research aimed at helping the UK stay ahead in …

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2 months ago

You Can Now See the Code That Helped End Apartheid

Wired

John Graham-Cumming doesn’t ping me often, but when he does I pay attention. Jenkin grew up “as a regular racist white South African,” as he described it when I contacted him. Using a Toshiba T1000 PC running an early version of MS-DOS, Jenkin wrote a system using the most secure form of crypto, a one-time pad, which scrambles messages character …

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3 months ago

UK and allies issue cyber warning over China-backed malicious network

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The UK’s cybersecurity agency has …

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3 months, 1 week ago

The siege of the Iranian embassy ended the old world of the SAS forever

The Independent

We oldies all remember the terrorist takeover of Iran’s London embassy at 16 Princes Gate. Just six days before the London siege began, a rescue operation by equally well-trained US special forces to rescue 52 American diplomats and others taken hostage in Tehran had ended in abject failure, further damaging president Jimmy Carter’s already weakened authority. Macintyre quotes General Sir …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

Number of Chinese spies in Britain is 'unquantifiable', ex-Army intelligence officer warns - with fears it could run to 'hundreds of thousands'

Daily Mail

The number of Chinese spies in Britain is 'unquantifiable', an ex-Army intelligence officer has warned - with fears it could run to 'hundreds of thousands' Reports say that the number of Chinese agents employed in intelligence gathering in the UK is reaching new heights. Col Philip Ingram, a former Army intelligence officer told The Telegraph: 'Quantifying the number of Chinese …

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7 months, 1 week ago

China poses genuine and increasing cyber risk, UK spy agency head says

Hindustan Times

China poses a genuine and increasing cyber risk to the United Kingdom, the head of British spy agency GCHQ said on Tuesday, adding that while Russia and Iran represented an immediate threat, Beijing was an epoch-defining challenge. In a speech last month, Sunak said Chinese state-affiliated actors had conducted "malicious cyber campaigns" against British lawmakers. On Monday, Sunak said Britain …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

China’s cyber war on the West is escalating

The Telegraph

The latest hack in the UK to be blamed on Beijing – of the Ministry of Defence’s payroll, including sensitive details on military personnel – is deeply embarrassing for the Government and shows nowhere is safe from Chinese cyber hacking. China’s ministry of state security has developed sophisticated cyber hacking operations that rival Western intelligence agencies. In a further example …

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

Independent Scotland’s spies ‘would act in line with Scottish values’

The Telegraph

Spies for an independent Scotland would conduct espionage “in line with Scottish values”, according to a new report unveiled by Humza Yousaf’s Government, that has attracted ridicule. It said the new organisation “would support Scotland’s role as a good global citizen” and improve national security “whilst promoting and protecting human rights”. “As in all other aspects of an independent Scotland, …

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10 months, 2 weeks ago

'Russian spy' who 'worked for MI6' and met Prince Charles and Prince William was allowed onto evacuation flight from Afghanistan to Britain despite security services warning of risks if he re-entered

Daily Mail

A suspected Russian spy who claims he worked for MI6 and met Prince Charles and Prince William was allowed onto evacuation flight from Afghanistan to Britain despite security services warning of the risks if he re-entered the UK. The alleged spy – who also claims to have worked for the Foreign Office, the Ministry of Defence and GCHQ – is …

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10 months, 2 weeks ago

'Russian spy' met Prince Charles after being given asylum in the UK

Daily Mail

An alleged Russian spy met with Prince Charles and Prince William after working for MI6 having been granted asylum in the UK by lying that he was fleeing the Taliban in Afghanistan, reports claimed last night. He also met Prince Charles and Prince William when he made visits to Afghanistan while working for the Foreign Office in the late 2000s. …

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11 months ago

British spy agency warns rapid development of AI will cause massive increase in cyberattacks

Firstpost

The National Cyber Security Centre, a division of Britain’s GCHQ spy agency, issued a warning on Wednesday, stating that the rapid evolution of Artificial Intelligence tools is likely to result in a surge in cyberattacks. The agency anticipates that the lower entry barriers facilitated by these advancements will empower less sophisticated hackers to inflict digital harm, contributing to a global …

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11 months ago

King holds 'spy Oscars' with secret annual ceremony at MI5 to honour those that risked their lives for Britain

Daily Mail

The King holds secret annual awards dubbed the 'spy Oscars' for those who have risked their lives for the country, spymasters claim. King Charles, who is patron of the Intelligence Services, presented hundreds of the secret agents with honours, awards and citations for bravery back when he was the Prince of Wales. The ceremonies for the spies were first held …

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1 year ago

Can you solve GCHQ’s ‘hardest ever’ Christmas challenge?

The Telegraph

GCHQ has unveiled its hardest ever Christmas puzzle, which needs a “mix of minds” to solve. The intelligence and cyber agency’s in-house puzzlers have created a series of seven increasingly complex tasks that reveal a festive message once solved. The puzzles, which GCHQ said was its “trickiest Christmas Challenge so-far”, include disciplines such as codebreaking, maths and analysis and tests …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Ex-GCHQ worker jailed for attempted murder of US spy at leisure centre

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Joshua Bowles, 29, described himself as a “terrorist” after …

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1 year, 1 month ago

‘Terrorist’ ex-GCHQ worker launched knife attack on US spy, court told

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A former GCHQ worker described …

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1 year, 3 months ago

GCHQ chief takes job in private security company

The Independent

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1 year, 8 months ago

GCHQ-linked fund backs UK quantum start-up in race against China

The Telegraph

A government fund with close links to GCHQ has taken a stake in a Cambridge quantum computing start-up, as a global technological arms race gathers pace. The £85m fund gives companies access to the Government’s top national security experts and has drawn parallels to In-Q-Tel, a US fund launched by the CIA. The powerful potential of quantum computing has prompted …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Man ‘tried to kill woman in leisure centre car park because he thought she was a spy’

The Independent

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You're a true detective if you can solve UK spy agency's tricky Christmas brain teaser

UK Spy Agency Uses Annual Christmas Card Puzzle To Find Future Codebreakers

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

Can you solve GCHQ’s notoriously tricky Christmas puzzle?

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

Russia is exploiting UK’s dependence on technology to cause ‘maximum destruction’, warns GCHQ

UK spies to counter Russian cyber warfare threat with new AI security lab

You Can Now See the Code That Helped End Apartheid

UK and allies issue cyber warning over China-backed malicious network

The siege of the Iranian embassy ended the old world of the SAS forever

Number of Chinese spies in Britain is 'unquantifiable', ex-Army intelligence officer warns - with fears it could run to 'hundreds of thousands'

China poses genuine and increasing cyber risk, UK spy agency head says

China’s cyber war on the West is escalating

Independent Scotland’s spies ‘would act in line with Scottish values’

'Russian spy' who 'worked for MI6' and met Prince Charles and Prince William was allowed onto evacuation flight from Afghanistan to Britain despite security services warning of risks if he re-entered

'Russian spy' met Prince Charles after being given asylum in the UK

British spy agency warns rapid development of AI will cause massive increase in cyberattacks

King holds 'spy Oscars' with secret annual ceremony at MI5 to honour those that risked their lives for Britain

Can you solve GCHQ’s ‘hardest ever’ Christmas challenge?

Ex-GCHQ worker jailed for attempted murder of US spy at leisure centre

‘Terrorist’ ex-GCHQ worker launched knife attack on US spy, court told

GCHQ chief takes job in private security company

GCHQ-linked fund backs UK quantum start-up in race against China

Man ‘tried to kill woman in leisure centre car park because he thought she was a spy’