MI5 and the PSNI have been ordered by the Investigatory Powers Tribunal to pay £20,000 in damages to former BBC journalist Vincent Kearney for illegally obtaining his phone records in secret operations aimed at identifying his confidential sources.
An MI5 watchdog inquiry found the security service knew an abusive agent, known as Agent X, was misogynistic and "obsessed" with violence, despite defending him in court. The agent had threatened his girlfriend with a machete. MI5 is said to have had a "lack of sufficient professional curiosity" about the agent.
FBI ve MI5, Çinli istihbarat ajanlarının LinkedIn gibi platformlarda sahte şirketler adına işe alım uzmanı gibi davranarak Batılı çalışanlardan hassas bilgiler topladığını duyurdu. Hedefler arasında askeri personel, gazeteciler ve akademisyenler bulunuyor.
The Five Eyes alliance warned that Chinese intelligence services are using fake job postings on sites like LinkedIn and Indeed to recruit undercover operatives. These operatives are pressured to reveal sensitive military, political, and economic information, with China's embassy condemning the warning as 'malicious slander'.
MI5 warns Chinese spies are using job websites like LinkedIn to recruit UK government and military staff for sensitive information, posing as recruiters for fake jobs.
The Five Eyes intelligence alliance warned that Chinese intelligence services are using legitimate job sites like LinkedIn to recruit undercover operatives by advertising fake analyst roles. Applicants are pressured to reveal sensitive military, political, and economic information.
Investigation reveals UK security services, including former PSNI chief George Hamilton, were involved in formulating the controversial Legacy Act, which offered amnesty to soldiers and paramilitaries, sparking outrage among victims' groups in Northern Ireland.
A 19-year-old Tesco worker from Essex has been convicted of preparing terrorist acts after MI5 foiled his plot to carry out a mass shooting. Alfie Coleman, who worked at a Tesco supermarket in Great Notley, collected a Makarov pistol and 188 rounds of ammunition from an undercover MI5 agent in a Morrisons car park on 29 September 2023. He had spent months planning an attack targeting the Lord Mayor of London's home, using a manifesto titled 'Collapse' and a 'kill list' of perceived enemies.
Alfie Coleman, a 19-year-old from Great Notley, Essex, has been convicted of preparing terrorist acts after an MI5 sting operation. Coleman, who began viewing extreme rightwing material at age 14, compiled a hate-list of colleagues and a manifesto identifying targets including a mosque and the lord mayor of London. He was arrested in September 2023 attempting to buy a Makarov pistol, magazines and ammunition from an undercover officer. A senior police officer warned that one in five counter-terrorism subjects is now a child, urging parental vigilance against online radicalisation.
Journalists were uninvited from a planned launch at the Natural History Museum last October of a major UK government report on climate and biodiversity threats to national security. The report was to be jointly produced by the environment department and the joint intelligence committee, involving MI5 and MI6. Guardian environment editor Fiona Harvey reports the event was cancelled and the report never published, prompting concerns about what it contained.
