In Western intelligence agencies there is no issue more divisive than Huawei, the Chinese telecom sells sophisticated communications technology. The U.S. intelligence community argues that any reliance on Huawei technology is an inherent security risk, given the firm’s connections to the Chinese government. President Trump has forbidden U.S. firms from buying Huawei products, while the...
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Was London Stock Exchange Hit by Cyberattack?
People are asking because of an unexpected trading shutdown in the United Kinggdom. Iran has sophisticated cyberwar capabilities and good reason to disrupt the financial system of the superpower that assassinated Gen. Soleimani in Iraq. The Iranian hackers work in conjunction with the Ministry of Security and Intelligence. (MOIS) The U.K.’s Government Communications Headquarters, known...
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The Cambridge Five: How an Epic Spy Ring Penetrated British Power
From HistoryExtra, the story of how the Soviet KGB penetrated the upper ranks of British government during and after World War II. The CIA, in the person of James Angleton, was fooled as well. [If you want to know more, see biography of Angleton, THE GHOST: The Secret Life of CIA Spymaster James Jesus Angleton.]...
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The Oldest Spy Service: MI6 For Beginners
(From Top World Intelligence Agencies) MI6 in the news: ‘Hatchet Job on Their Own Intelligence Services‘ (Nov. 2, 2019) British Intelligence Doesn’t Like Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn (Oct. 9, 2019) Why Prince William Studies at MI6 (April 15, 20190 MI6 Spy Chief to Stay Through Brexit (02/13/2019) The British intelligence Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), commonly known...
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British Intelligence Doesn’t Like Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn
This report comes from the Daily Mail Online, the hugely popular, and factually challenged, British tabloid. The allegation that Corbyn would betray his country to its enemies is speculative at best, a smear at worst. But the story does accurately reflect the apprehension that the British intelligence services feel about Corbyn’s possible ascension to power...