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☆ Britain names first female director of GCHQ intelligence agency
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

LONDON, April 11 (Reuters) - Britain named Anne Keast-Butler as the first female director of its GCHQ intelligence agency on Tuesday. She currently serves as deputy director general at Britain's MI5 intelligence agency. "She is the ideal candidate to lead GCHQ, and Anne will use her vast experience to help keep the British public safe." Keast-Butler will take over the role in May, according to a GCHQ statement, succeeding Jeremy Fleming who in January announced his planned departure after six years in the role. Reporting by Sachin Ravikumar, writing by William James; Editing by Kate HoltonOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

"In an increasingly volatile and interconnected world, to be a truly responsible cyber power, nations must be able to contest and compete with adversaries in cyberspace," GCHQ director Jeremy Fleming said. The statement was published alongside a 28-page paper designed "to illustrate aspects of how the UK is being a responsible cyber power". The paper accompanying the statement did not say which disinformation-spreading states British hackers had worked to counter. It noted, however, that "countries such as Russia and Iran routinely carry out cyber operations of different kinds in order to spread disinformation". Indeed the intent is sometimes that adversaries do not realise that the effects they are experiencing are the result of a cyber operation," GCHQ said.

☆ China's military is trying to recruit ex-British Air Force pilots for training and intel, UK says
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-18 | by ( Natasha Turak | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

China's military is headhunting ex-British Air Force pilots for their training skills and expertise — and the U.K. government is working to stop it, the U.K.'s Ministry of Defence said Tuesday. Recruitment is said to be ramping up, with former pilots being offered large paychecks to work for the Chinese. While training and recruiting pilots is not illegal under U.K. law, the practice presents an intelligence risk as U.K. officials suspect China's military aims to learn about tactics and operations employed by Western pilots. One former Australian Air Force pilot, speaking to CNBC anonymously due to professional restrictions, said he was offered nearly $1 million a year to work for the Chinese military. And President Joe Biden, as part of the U.S.'s national security strategy, named China as America's "most consequential geopolitical challenge."

☆ Russia is bruised as winter approaches. Can Ukraine land another blow?
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( Rob Picheta | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

That blast, which was used by the Kremlin as a justification for Monday’s onslaught, bruised the Russian psyche and handed Ukraine a significant strategic boost. And the airborne strikes distract from what has been a dismal stretch for Russia in the ground war. They were “an indication of the nature of the threat from Russia,” Giles said. “The reopening of a northern front would be another new challenge for Ukraine,” Giles said. Beyond weapons supplies, Ukraine will be watching to ensure that Western resolve stays firm if Russia tightens energy supplies even further.

☆ Ukraine pushes allies for air defense help in the wake of deadly Russian strikes
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Patrick-Smith-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Patrick Smith | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

German Defense Secretary Christine Lambrecht said Monday that her country would send four medium-range air defense systems to Ukraine, the first to be delivered in the next few days. “The renewed rocket fire on Kyiv and the many other cities makes it clear how important it is to deliver air defense systems to Ukraine quickly,” she said in a statement. Analysts said that if Ukraine had that help sooner, it could have saved lives and protected critical infrastructure and public services. We warn and hope that Washington and other Western capitals are aware of the danger of uncontrolled escalation,” he said. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov underlined this point in his daily press briefing, adding that Western supplies of advanced air defense systems would not change Russia’s goals and would only extend the conflict.

☆ Putin is making strategic mistakes because nobody in the Kremlin can tell him he's wrong, UK intelligence chief says
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Putin's strategy is failing because he has "little effective internal challenge," per a UK intel chief. The remarks come after Putin launched a major bombardment of Ukrainian cities and facilities. The Russian leader has surrounded himself primarily with people who share his mindset, making internal challenges to his thinking exceedingly rare. Putin framed this as retaliation for an attack on the Kerch Strait Bridge over the weekend, state media reported. On Saturday, Putin named a notoriously brutal commander, Sergei Surovikin, to lead Russia's assault on Ukraine.

☆ Russia unleashes its anger on Ukraine with brutal strikes — but it has big problems on the battlefield
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( Holly Ellyatt | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Cars are seen on fire after Russian missile strikes, as Russia's attack continues, in Kyiv, Ukraine October 10, 2022. Ukraine's leadership has said it will not be intimidated by the latest spate of attacks, with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy vowing to inflict more pain on Russian forces on the battlefield. Supplies running outDespite Moscow's recent show of strength in the last day or so, experts say Russia's forces are looking increasingly desperate and ill-equipped. "Russia's forces are exhausted. Destroyed armored vehicles and tanks belonging to Russian forces, after they withdrew from the city of Lyman in the Donetsk region in Ukraine on Oct. 5, 2022.

☆ UK spy agency watching for any signs Russia considering nuclear weapons
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

After more than seven months of war, Jeremy Fleming, director of the GCHQ spy agency, told BBC Radio that Russia was running short of munitions, friends and troops. Russian President Vladimir Putin has so far stayed within established military doctrine of not using nuclear weapons, Fleming said, but his agency would be looking out for signs that this could change. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register"I would hope that we will see indicators if they started to go down that path," he said, without saying what those indicators could be. "They're seeing just how badly Putin has misjudged the situation," he will say, according to excerpts from his speech. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Sachin Ravikumar, Kylie MacLellan, Kate Holton, Michael Holden and Elizabeth Piper, Editing by Andrew CawthorneOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ U.K. spy chief warns China’s use of technology threatens global security
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-10 | by ( Dan De Luce | Dan De Luce Is A Reporter For The Nbc News Investigative Unit. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

Fleming is due to deliver his warning on Tuesday in London at the Royal United Services Institute, a defense and security think tank. According to excerpts from his speech, Fleming will cite several examples of how China seeks leverage from key technologies or tries to rewrite international standards. And there are fears the technology could be used to track individuals,” Fleming will say. Underlying China’s belief in one-party rule and tight state control is “a sense of fear,” Fleming will say. “Far from the inevitable Russian military victory that their propaganda machine spouted, it’s clear that Ukraine’s courageous action on the battlefield and in cyberspace is turning the tide,” the excerpts say.

☆ Fear driving China's tech manipulation poses threat to all -UK spy chief
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register"This means they see opportunities to control the Chinese people rather than looking for ways to support and unleash their citizens' potential. They see nations as either potential adversaries or potential client states, to be threatened, bribed, or coerced." That fear combined with China's strength was driving it "into actions that could represent a huge threat to us all," he will say. China has previously described similar accusations from Western governments as being groundless and politically motivated smears. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Michael Holden in London Editing by Matthew LewisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Chinese Tech Threatens Future Global Security, Warns U.K. Spy Chief
▼ + stars: | 2021-10-08 | by ( Dustin Volz | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

LONDON—Beijing’s efforts to exert vice-like control over technology both internationally and within China’s borders threatens future global security and freedom, the chief of the U.K.’s electronic intelligence agency said. Jeremy Fleming, the director of Britain’s Government Communications Headquarters, said Beijing was aiming to use an array of existing and emerging technological means, including digital currency and satellites, to control markets and people, extend surveillance and censorship and export its authoritarian system around the world.

☆ Banca Angliei a dezvăluit designul viitoarei bancnote de 50 de lire. Aceasta îl omagiază pe matematicianul Alan Turing, condamnat anterior pentru homosexualitate
▼ + stars: | 2021-03-25 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +3 min

Banca Angliei a dezvăluit designul viitoarei bancnote de 50 de lire. Povestea a fost stat la baza peliculei „The Imitation Game” (2014), în care Turing este interpretat de actorul Benedict Cumberbatch. Turing a fost condamnat pentru homosexualitate în 1952 şi a fost supus castrării chimice prin injecţii cu hormoni feminini pentru a evita pedeapsa cu închisoarea. „A fost de asemenea gay, iar din acest motiv a fost tratat groaznic”, a spus Bailey. „Turing a fost acceptat pentru genialitatea sa, dar persecutat pentru că era gay.

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