GCHQ spies launch cyber counter-attack against anti-vaccine propaganda being spread by Russia 

GCHQ spies launch cyber counter-attack against anti-vaccine propaganda being spread by Russia The government is determined to tackle anti-vaxxer propaganda spread online  GCHQ has launched a new campaign targeting hostile propaganda by Russia  Russian propagandists are targeting the Oxford vaccine with monkey memes  By Danyal Hussain For Mailonline Published: 02:01 GMT, 9 November 2020 | … Read more

GCHQ had a 30-year ‘whites only’ rule for hiring staff, says new book

GCHQ had a ‘colour bar’ on employees for nearly three decades, a new history of Britain’s eavesdropping agency reveals. The ban on hiring non-white staff was in place from the 1950s until as late as 1980. The revelation is made in a ‘warts-and-all’ official history of the spy agency, which also tells how ‘major mistakes’ … Read more

GCHQ had a ‘colour bar’ banning the hiring of non-white staff for 30 years, new book reveals

British spy agencies BANNED non-white employees until 1980, new official history of GCHQ reveals By Larisa Brown Defence And Security Editor For The Daily Mail Published: 00:04 BST, 20 October 2020 | Updated: 00:17 BST, 20 October 2020 GCHQ had a ‘colour bar’ on employees for nearly three decades, a new history of Britain’s eavesdropping … Read more

Football fans should reset their passwords to avoid getting hacked, GCHQ says 

Football fans signing up to online streaming services to watch the return of live games should reset passwords to avoid getting hacked, GCHQ says Live football matches return in Britain tomorrow but are behind closed doors  Fans are instead expected to turn to streaming services to watch the live sports  Fans have been urged by … Read more

Coronavirus UK: GCHQ says NHS targeted by cyber attacks

The NHS is being targeted by a campaign of cyber attacks since the coronavirus outbreak, the director of GCHQ has said. Jeremy Fleming said that GCHQ’s cybersecurity arm, the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), had been supporting the health sector after it had been targeted by hackers. He told the Cheltenham Science Festival there were clear efforts … Read more