Former British spy receives life sentence for assault on American Intelligence workerThe sentencing, delivered by Justice Bobbie Cheema-Grubb in London's Central Criminal Court, categorically labeled the attack as "political...
30 Oct, 2023, 11.29 PM IST
Britain names MI5 deputy as first female cyber spy bossShe is currently  deputy director general at Britain's domestic intelligence agency, known as MI5. GCHQ is Britain's main eavesdropping age...
11 Apr, 2023, 08.57 PM IST
UK spy agency hires Indian startup for cybersecurity programmeBritain’s top communications spy agency GCHQ has selected Pune-based cybersecurity startup Spherical Defence for their accelerator programm...
27 Jan, 2017, 12.28 AM IST
British top spy agencies briefed Angela Merkel on ISIS threatGermany is not a member of the "five eyes" intelligence sharing community which comprises the UK, the US, Australia, New Zealand and Canada.
24 Dec, 2015, 03.51 PM IST
UK foiled 7 terror attacks in last 6 months: PM David Cameron"We have been aware of these cells operating in Syria that are radicalising people in our own countries, potentially sending people back to...
16 Nov, 2015, 04.49 PM IST
IS hackers targeted email accounts of top UK ministers: ReportBritish intelligence has uncovered a sophisticated espionage operation of the Islamic State in which jihadists targeted email accounts of t...
13 Sep, 2015, 06.04 PM IST
Britain's special forces cleared to raid IS targets: ReportBritain's special forces have reportedly been given "carte blanche" to launch raids inside IS-held territory and direct airstrikes to kill ...
05 Jul, 2015, 06.01 PM IST
26/11 attacks shows limitations of high-tech surveillance: ReportAccording to the report, the Snowden documents show that months before Mumbai, British intelligence began spying on the online communicatio...
22 Apr, 2015, 04.37 PM IST
British PM David Cameron gets hoax call; no sensitive information disclosedDavid Cameron received a hoax call from a man posing to be one of the top spy chiefs in the country but no sensitive information was disclo...
26 Jan, 2015, 02.11 PM IST
India did not track Zarar Shah’s computer before 26/11: Intelligence BureauThe NYT report said both the British Intelligence Agency, GCHQ, as well as an Indian Intelligence agency had tracked Zarar’s laptop before ...
23 Dec, 2014, 07.10 PM IST
UK says its electronic spy agency legally allowed to track activities of Facebook, Twitter and Google usersOffice for Security and Counterterrorism chief Charles Farr said data sent on those services is classed as "external" rather than "internal...
17 Jun, 2014, 10.26 PM IST
Vodafone secretly shared subscriber data with UK security organisation: Home MinistryAccording to documents of the Home Ministry, Vodafone is alleged to have given the GCHQ "secret unlimited access to their network of under ...
10 Mar, 2014, 08.23 PM IST
US infiltrated into Google Yahoo data centres: ReportIntelligence agencies of the US and the UK secretly infiltrated into the communication links of popular email providers like Yahoo and Goog...
31 Oct, 2013, 08.04 PM IST
Typewriters log out PCs in anti-espionage operations amidst wire-tapping, snooping eraIndian diplomatic staff have been ordered to hammer out sensitive documents on paper and not on computers.
27 Sep, 2013, 10.54 AM IST
US, UK may have cracked internet privacyIntelligence agencies of the US and UK may have cracked encryption codes protecting emails and banking and medical records of billions arou...
06 Sep, 2013, 07.55 PM IST
In global intelligence, you also spy on friendsWhile nothing prevents individual security agencies from spying on enemies, nothing prevents friendly intelligence services from spying on ...
20 Jun, 2013, 08.48 AM IST
Britain accused of spying on citizensBritish govt is under increasing pressure to order an inquiry into claims that the country's security services were gathering a mass of per...
08 Jun, 2013, 04.24 PM IST