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Published time: 10 Jan, 2018 17:54 The UK’S intelligence security agency GCHQ sought to open a special communication channel with its own watchdog, court letters have revealed, sparking claims it is seeking to “bury embarrassing evidence” of its own activities. The government’s monitoring agency in Cheltenham wrote to Sir Adrian Fulford, the investigatory powers commissioner, […]
Published time: 17 Mar, 2017 10:56 British intelligence officials have hit back at the White House after it repeated unsubstantiated claims that GCHQ helped President Barack Obama “wiretap” candidate Donald Trump during last year’s presidential election race. Read more White House press secretary Sean Spicer quoted a Fox News report which alleged Obama used the […]
View this image › GCHQ’s distinctive “donut” headquarters in Cheltenham. Barry Batchelor / PA Archive/PA Images Phoning GCHQ, the UK’s signals intelligence agency and counterpart to America’s NSA, for comment is an unusual process. Dialling the agency’s number leads to a simply and uninformative recorded message: “This call may be recorded for lawful purposes”. There’s […]
Britain is ‘highly vulnerable’ to a powerful cyber-attack due to a shortage in skilled staff and the “chaotic” handling of personal data, a former GCHQ deputy director warns. The caution came after the influential Public Accounts Committee (PAC) announced it had lost confidence in the government’s ability to protect Britain from cyber-attacks. Read more Ex-GCHQ […]
