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Stella Rimington, Britain's First Female Spy Chief, dies At 90
Stella Rimington, the first female director general of Britain's MI5 security and counter-intelligence service who ushered in an era of greater transparency at the agency, has died aged 90.
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Russia Seeking To Cause "Mayhem" In UK Over Support For Ukraine: Spy Agency
Russia and Iran had turned to employing criminals and private intelligence officers to do their work on British soil, the chief of Britain's domestic intelligence service said.
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UK Appoints MI5 Deputy As First Woman Cyber Spy Chief
The UK appointed Anne Keast-Butler as the first female head of its cyber-spying agency GCHQ.
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Britain's MI5 Spy Chief Says: Beware Of Russian And Chinese Agents
Britain's top domestic spymaster cautioned the population on Wednesday to treat the threat of spying from Russia and China as vigilantly as terrorism, warning that foreign spies were seeking to steal technology, sow discord and attack infrastructure.
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MI5 Chief Slams Facebook Over Encryption, Says Gives "Free Pass" To Suspects
Extremism on social media is as much a national security risk now as terrorism from Afghanistan or Syria, the head of UK domestic intelligence has warned as he slammed Facebook in particular.
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Britain's Spies Defending COVID-19 Vaccine Work, MI5 Chief Says
British spies are trying to defend COVID-19 vaccine work against hostile powers that seek to either steal or sabotage research data in the race for the global prize of a jab that could provide immunity, the head of MI5 said on Wednesday.
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Britain's Spies Defending Covid Vaccine Work, Says Spy Agency MI5 Chief
British spies are trying to defend COVID-19 vaccine work against hostile powers that seek to either steal or sabotage research data in the race for the global prize of a jab that could provide immunity, the head of MI5 said on Wednesday.
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British Spy Chief Warns Of Threats From 'Aggressive' Russia
The head of British intelligence agency MI5, Andrew Parker, on Monday warned of Russia acting in "increasingly aggressive ways" and utilising new technologies in its opposition to the west.
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UK Has Foiled 12 Terror Plots Since June 2013: Britain's MI5 Chief
Police and intelligence services have disrupted 12 plots to attack Britain since June 2013, Andrew Parker, director general of the MI5 domestic intelligence agency, said on Monday.
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UK MI5 Spy Chief Calls For More Powers To Counter Terror Threat
The head of Britain's domestic spy service, MI5, called on Thursday for greater powers for the security agencies to keep pace with technology used by militants in the first live media interview by a British intelligence chief.
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Britain's MI5 Chief Warns Al Qaeda in Syria Planning Mass Attacks
Al Qaeda militants in Syria are plotting attacks to inflict mass casualties in the West, possibly against transport systems or "iconic targets", the head of Britain's MI5 Security Service said on Thursday.
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British PM David Cameron Orders Spy Chiefs to Hunt Down 'Jihadi John'
Prime Minister David Cameron has asked his spy chiefs to find Islamic State executioner 'Jihadi John' so that he could dispatch special forces to kill or capture the masked man who beheaded the latest British hostage.
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British spy chief warns Edward Snowden data is a 'gift' for terrorists
Revelations by Edward Snowden about British eavesdropping are a gift to terrorists because they weaken the ability of the security services to stop those plotting deadly attacks against the West, the head of the MI5 Security Service said on Tuesday.
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Britain's MI5 spy chief to step down
Britain's MI5 spy chief, who oversaw a safe Olympics and helped transform the Security Service's counter-terrorism operations in the wake of the 2005 London bombings, will step down next month.
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Al Qaeda using Arab Spring nations as base to train terrorists: UK spy chief
Al Qaeda militants are using the countries which toppled their leaders in the Arab Spring as bases to train radical Western youths for potential attacks on Britain, the chief of the MI5 Security Service said on Monday.
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Stella Rimington, Britain's First Female Spy Chief, dies At 90
Stella Rimington, the first female director general of Britain's MI5 security and counter-intelligence service who ushered in an era of greater transparency at the agency, has died aged 90.
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Russia Seeking To Cause "Mayhem" In UK Over Support For Ukraine: Spy Agency
Russia and Iran had turned to employing criminals and private intelligence officers to do their work on British soil, the chief of Britain's domestic intelligence service said.
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UK Appoints MI5 Deputy As First Woman Cyber Spy Chief
The UK appointed Anne Keast-Butler as the first female head of its cyber-spying agency GCHQ.
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Britain's MI5 Spy Chief Says: Beware Of Russian And Chinese Agents
Britain's top domestic spymaster cautioned the population on Wednesday to treat the threat of spying from Russia and China as vigilantly as terrorism, warning that foreign spies were seeking to steal technology, sow discord and attack infrastructure.
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MI5 Chief Slams Facebook Over Encryption, Says Gives "Free Pass" To Suspects
Extremism on social media is as much a national security risk now as terrorism from Afghanistan or Syria, the head of UK domestic intelligence has warned as he slammed Facebook in particular.
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Britain's Spies Defending COVID-19 Vaccine Work, MI5 Chief Says
British spies are trying to defend COVID-19 vaccine work against hostile powers that seek to either steal or sabotage research data in the race for the global prize of a jab that could provide immunity, the head of MI5 said on Wednesday.
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Britain's Spies Defending Covid Vaccine Work, Says Spy Agency MI5 Chief
British spies are trying to defend COVID-19 vaccine work against hostile powers that seek to either steal or sabotage research data in the race for the global prize of a jab that could provide immunity, the head of MI5 said on Wednesday.
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British Spy Chief Warns Of Threats From 'Aggressive' Russia
The head of British intelligence agency MI5, Andrew Parker, on Monday warned of Russia acting in "increasingly aggressive ways" and utilising new technologies in its opposition to the west.
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UK Has Foiled 12 Terror Plots Since June 2013: Britain's MI5 Chief
Police and intelligence services have disrupted 12 plots to attack Britain since June 2013, Andrew Parker, director general of the MI5 domestic intelligence agency, said on Monday.
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UK MI5 Spy Chief Calls For More Powers To Counter Terror Threat
The head of Britain's domestic spy service, MI5, called on Thursday for greater powers for the security agencies to keep pace with technology used by militants in the first live media interview by a British intelligence chief.
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Britain's MI5 Chief Warns Al Qaeda in Syria Planning Mass Attacks
Al Qaeda militants in Syria are plotting attacks to inflict mass casualties in the West, possibly against transport systems or "iconic targets", the head of Britain's MI5 Security Service said on Thursday.
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British PM David Cameron Orders Spy Chiefs to Hunt Down 'Jihadi John'
Prime Minister David Cameron has asked his spy chiefs to find Islamic State executioner 'Jihadi John' so that he could dispatch special forces to kill or capture the masked man who beheaded the latest British hostage.
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British spy chief warns Edward Snowden data is a 'gift' for terrorists
Revelations by Edward Snowden about British eavesdropping are a gift to terrorists because they weaken the ability of the security services to stop those plotting deadly attacks against the West, the head of the MI5 Security Service said on Tuesday.
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Britain's MI5 spy chief to step down
Britain's MI5 spy chief, who oversaw a safe Olympics and helped transform the Security Service's counter-terrorism operations in the wake of the 2005 London bombings, will step down next month.
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Al Qaeda using Arab Spring nations as base to train terrorists: UK spy chief
Al Qaeda militants are using the countries which toppled their leaders in the Arab Spring as bases to train radical Western youths for potential attacks on Britain, the chief of the MI5 Security Service said on Monday.
