GCHQ
The latest news and comment on the Government Communications Headquarters
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UK intelligence services face dilemma after Trump backs tortureUK agencies rely heavily on the US, but using intelligence obtained by torture risks breaching international law
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The UK is at high risk of a terror attack – but how has it avoided one so far?Lessons learned by intelligence agencies after 2005 London bombings and greater cooperation could help but threat level is still severe
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'Extreme surveillance' becomes UK law with barely a whimperInvestigatory Powers Act legalises range of tools for snooping and hacking by the security services
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Who is Medhanie Yehdego Mered, 'the General'? – video profileMedhanie Yehdego Mered, AKA ‘The General’, is believed to be the kingpin of a criminal organisation of people smugglers responsible for illegally transporting thousands of people from the Middle East and Africa to Europe
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Privacy experts fear Donald Trump running global surveillance networkConcerns raised that current US and UK surveillance system is ‘ripe for further abuse under an autocratic, power-obsessed president’
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Are you a top secret cyber-security genius? Take our testAs part of the government’s new national cyber-security programme, 50 people with non-tech backgrounds will be recruited to become hack-breakers. Do you have what it takes?
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Why do we still accept that governments collect and snoop on our data?Bulk collection clearly violates global rights to privacy and free speech, and now, with a case before the European court of human rights, is the time to stop it
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The alarming news that MI6 plans to recruit 1,000 more staff makes me hanker for the days when they just kept things to themselvesWhy do our spies keep telling us everything?
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MI6 to recruit hundreds more staff in response to digital technologyWorldwide intelligence agencies increasingly rely upon internet and social media rather than running of agents
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GCHQ’s plan for a Great British Firewall creates a dangerous normThe proposal is said to be to protect us from the dangers of cyber-attacks, but it’s not the government’s function to control what information we get to see
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GCHQ's 'Great British Firewall' raises serious concern – privacy groupsCampaigners say giving agency greater surveillance powers to combat hackers is like ‘the fox protecting the chicken’
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Cheltenham MP calls for inquiry into removal of Banksy's Spy BoothAlex Chalk describes disappearance of mural from side of house during plasterwork repairs as ‘absolutely shocking’
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Security services spied on 20 high-profile people in questionable operationsInvestigatory powers tribunal hears searches were either unjustified or may have been unjustified
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Data ruling should kill off the investigatory powers billLetters: The proposed legislation sanctions the mass collection of citizens’ telephone and email data – something that is both ineffective and, as we now know, unlawful
When will MPs do their jobs and protect our privacy?