Geoff White
Is Isis planning murderous cyber attacks?
I’ve been covering cyber security for several years, but very, very rarely come across incidents that directly resulted in physical harm, let alone death.
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White House clashes with No. 10 over GCHQ spying claims
The White House has assured Britain it won’t repeat allegations that the eavesdropping agency GCHQ was used by Barack Obama to spy on Donald Trump before last year’s election.
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Geoff White
Does GCHQ really only use ‘a fraction’ of its data?
The findings in today’s intelligence and security committee report seem at odds with the picture presented by documents from the whistleblower Edward Snowden.
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Geoff White
Surveillance declared legal – but would a new law change anything?
There are different rules about what the spy agencies can do in Britain, compared to the rest of the world – will a replacement law give the same protection within and outside the UK?
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‘Snooping’ laws: what can we expect from MP’s spying report?
The power of UK security agencies to access private communications will be examined in a parliamentary report due to be published on Thursday.
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Geoff White
Phone employees in GCHQ’s sights
According to the latest Snowden claims, British spies can hack into your personal and work email, hack sales team records for customer information and then later hide their trails. All all of this is legal.
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Geoff White
Spying: who’s got your back?
The people who are supposed to be protecting our privacy from the spies are mostly former judges and politicians. Transparency doesn’t appear high on their list.
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Geoff White
‘The new Stuxnet’ – is GCHQ linked to Regin hacking campaign?
Reports emerge of a new highly advanced hacking tool that may be linked to the UK’s spying headquarters.
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Spy cable revealed: how telecoms firm worked with GCHQ
One of the UK’s largest communications firms had a leading role in creating the surveillance system exposed by Edward Snowden, it can be revealed.
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Jonathan Rugman
Could Alan Turing have worked for our modern security services?
This week sees the opening of a film about codebreaker Alan Turing’s work at Bletchley Park. Would there be room for him in today’s MI6? Former spy chief John Scarlett thinks so.
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Geoff White
Why GCHQ boss’s comments on internet security are a good thing
In public is precisely the place where the question of internet security should be decided – not in the secrecy of the Cheltenham doughnut, nor in Silicon Valley’s boardrooms.
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Lindsey Hilsum
Internet firms ‘in denial’ over terror role, warns GCHQ
The GCHQ director Robert Hannigan has accused internet firms of being “in denial” of the role their networks play in terrorism. Lindsey Hilsum reports.
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Geoff White
Why US state spying is good – and Chinese state spying is bad
China has come out fighting following news that five of its army officers have been charged by the FBI. But with no real chance of arrest, what is behind the FBI’s charges against individuals?
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Code breakers, your country needs you
Maybe it is time to forget traditional recruitment centres if you want a career in the military. The US Navy is looking for code breakers who can crack a puzzle and is using Facebook to find them.
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Geoff White
Did UK spooks use NSA data to spy on Britons?
A new report on how GCHQ and the UK’s other spy agencies used NSA data is published – but it leaves many questions still unanswered.
