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Defence Against the Dark Arts: UK spies guarded against Harry Potter leak

FORMER STAFFApril 10, 2016November 10, 2016

By FORMER STAFFApril 10, 2016November 10, 20161134

Usually concerned with top secret matters affecting national security, Britain’s eavesdropping spy agency GCHQ was also on the lookout for leaks of a yet-to-be-published Harry...

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Britain to build cyber attack forces to tackle IS, hackers

FORMER STAFFNovember 17, 2015

By FORMER STAFFNovember 17, 20151132

By Michael Holden British spies are building elite cyber offensive forces to strike at Islamic State fighters, hackers and hostile powers, finance minister George Osborne...

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Britain to hire 1,900 more spies to defend against Islamic State militants

FORMER STAFFNovember 16, 2015November 16, 2015

By FORMER STAFFNovember 16, 2015November 16, 201521 121

By Kylie MacLellan Britain will boost its intelligence agency staff by 15 per cent and more than double spending on aviation security to defend against...

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UK to boost intelligence staff to disrupt terror plots – Osborne

FORMER STAFFNovember 9, 2015

By FORMER STAFFNovember 9, 20151127

Britain’s security agencies will receive a significant boost to staff numbers as part of a multi-pronged effort to stave off threats from terrorist plotters, finance...

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UK spies not reading everyone’s emails but need to be more open-lawmakers

CyprusMailMarch 12, 2015March 12, 2015

By CyprusMailMarch 12, 2015March 12, 20150157

By Michael Holden British spies, accused of undertaking mass, unfettered surveillance of the public’s communications, are not breaking the law nor reading everyone’s emails but...

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UK tribunal says intelligence-sharing with US was unlawful

FORMER STAFFFebruary 6, 2015

By FORMER STAFFFebruary 6, 201511 99

By Estelle Shirbon A British tribunal ruled on Friday that some aspects of intelligence-sharing between security agencies in Britain and the United States were unlawful...

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Snowden documents show UK spies stored journalists’ emails – report

Jean ChristouJanuary 19, 2015

By Jean ChristouJanuary 19, 20155 150

Britain’s GCHQ eavesdropping agency stored emails from journalists working for several large media organisations, according to documents released by former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward...

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The right to be forgotten: a debate that’s not going away

FORMER STAFFDecember 25, 2013December 27, 2013

By FORMER STAFFDecember 25, 2013December 27, 20133 139

By Poly Pantelides CYPRUS, darling of sun seekers and beach goers, is also home to major spying facilities jointly funded by the UK and the...

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British lawmakers to quiz Snowden leaks newspaper editor

CyprusMailNovember 9, 2013

By CyprusMailNovember 9, 20131127

By Stephen Addison British lawmakers will question the editor of the Guardian newspaper next month over publishing intelligence files from U.S. spy agency contractor Edward...

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UK spy chiefs emerge from shadows to blast Edward Snowden

CyprusMailNovember 7, 2013November 3, 2016

By CyprusMailNovember 7, 2013November 3, 2016198

By Andrew Osborn Britain’s intelligence chiefs used their first ever joint public appearance to complain that documents by former U.S. intelligence operative Edward Snowden had...

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German journalists urged to shun Google and Yahoo

CyprusMailOctober 31, 2013November 3, 2016

By CyprusMailOctober 31, 2013November 3, 20161124

By Harro Ten Wolde The union representing German journalists advised its members on Thursday to stop using Google and Yahoo because of reported snooping by...

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NSA helps fund British bases, say UK reports

Jean ChristouAugust 2, 2013

By Jean ChristouAugust 2, 20135 126

The United States funds 50 per cent of British intelligence in the Sovereign Base Areas (SBA) in Cyprus, according to The Guardian newspaper. The...

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British spy agency taps cables, shares with NSA – Guardian

CyprusMailJune 21, 2013November 2, 2016

By CyprusMailJune 21, 2013November 2, 20161138

By Rosalba O’Brien and Michael Holden Britain’s spy agency GCHQ has tapped fiber-optic cables that carry international phone and internet traffic and is sharing vast...