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MI5 website briefly knocked offline by possible cyber attack

MI5’s website was down for part of Friday after a possible cyber attack. The security service’s public site was briefly unavailable for intermittent periods in the morning but is now back online – with the incident resolved. The cause of the problem ...

30 Sept 2022 at 19:26

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Downing St: It is ‘deeply concerning’ Chinese agent targeted UK MPs

Downing Street has said it is “deeply concerning” that a suspected Chinese agent was able to target MPs in an attempt make British policy more favourable to Beijing. MI5 has taken the rare step of circulating a warning to MPs that Christine Lee, a ...

14 Jan 2022 at 14:55

News

Review to probe activities of Chinese agent, says security minister

A review is to be held into how a suspected Chinese agent was able to get so close to senior British politicians, security minister Damian Hinds has said. MI5 has taken the rare step of circulating a warning to MPs that Christine Lee – a ...

14 Jan 2022 at 11:55

World

‘One killed’ as Russian security service building catches fire in Rostov

A building used by Russia’s Federal Security Service has caught fire in the southern city of Rostov, about 40 miles from the border with Ukraine. Russian state media, citing local emergency services, reported that one person had died ...

16 Mar 2023 at 12:19

Northern Ireland

Coroner urges public inquiry into GAA official’s murder as inquest ‘compromised’

A coroner has called on the Government to order a public inquiry into the murder of a senior GAA official after ruling an inquest cannot proceed due to the withholding of sensitive files. Mr Justice Kinney said his ability to ...

04 Mar 2024 at 19:58

Foreign Agent Registration Scheme to be added to UK National Security Bill

A new scheme will make clandestine political activity by foreign agents illegal in the UK. The Foreign Influence Registration Scheme, introduced via an amendment to the National Security Bill, will aim to protect the UK’s ...

18 Oct 2022 at 01:01

World

Zelensky suspends 28 more security officials amid concerns of collaboration

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky expanded the shakeup of his security services on Monday by suspending 28 more officials, a day after he dismissed two senior officials over allegations that their agencies harboured ...

19 Jul 2022 at 04:49

Authorities ‘underestimated’ national security risk from Libya returnees

The risk to national security from people returning to the UK from Libya in 2017 was “underestimated” by the authorities, an inquiry into the Manchester Arena attack has found. Manchester-born bomber Salman Abedi, 22, ...

02 Mar 2023 at 16:35

Daniel Khalife ‘thought British security services would be impressed with him’

Daniel Khalife ‘considered travelling to Iran’, court told

A spy-accused former soldier thought British security services would be “impressed” with him after he covertly gathered the names of special forces personnel, his trial has heard. Daniel Khalife, 23, told a court he ...

31 Oct 2024 at 16:36

MI5 forced to ‘pare back’ counter-terror focus due to hostile states, boss says

MI5 has had to “pare back” its counterterrorism focus because of the growing threat from Russia and other hostile states, the security agency’s boss has said. Ken McCallum, the director general of MI5, said in an ...

06 Dec 2024 at 22:58

World

Uzbek man charged over assassination of Russian general in Moscow

An Uzbek citizen accused of acting on behalf of Ukraine has been charged in a Russian court with this week’s assassination of a Russian general and his assistant in an electric scooter bombing, Russian state ...

19 Dec 2024 at 18:59

How to tail a suspect – MI5’s advice to new recruits

Do not use false beards, carry plenty of spare change for the tube, and if you have to tell a taxi driver to “follow that cab”, be prepared to give him a big tip. That was the advice issued to rookie MI5 ...

14 Jan 2025 at 11:11

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