Instagram goes inside MI5: Spies post first picture on social media platform 

MI5 has shared a picture from the lobby of its London headquarters in its first post on Instagram. The secret service uploaded a shot of the inside of Thames House on Millbank on Thursday afternoon. It said @mi5official will ‘bust popular myths about its work, provide explainers for intelligence terminology, promote career opportunities and bring … Read more

Buyer who looked up ‘cheap’ £60,000 Rightmove home on Google Maps spies a policeman outside

A first-time buyer who got excited after finding a ‘cheap’ property online has told how he realised ‘something wasn’t right’ when he looked it up on Google Street View – and spotted a policeman outside. Scottish comedian Darren Connell said he’s been saving for a house for some time and was intrigued when he found the … Read more

Declassified CIA document reveals US spies believed Russians had perfected extra sensory perception

Declassified CIA file reveals that US spies believed that Soviet doctors had ‘perfected’ Extra-Sensory Perception in the 1980s and could transmit thoughts and feelings to subjects An April 1991 memo detailing Soviet ESP experiments has been declassified The memo was released in November and published online on Monday It shows how CIA agents believed Soviet … Read more

US military spies paid for Americans’ cell phone data without warrant

American military spies have been buying US citizens’ location data collected by smartphone apps without a warrant, according to a recently unclassified memo. Analysts for the Defense Intelligence Agency, the Pentagon-run department that specializes in military intelligence, made the revelation in a memo written to Senator Ron Wyden, the Democrat from Oregon. According to the … Read more

British cyber spies probe major Russian hack that caused chaos in US

British cyber spies are today urgently investigating a major suspected Russian hack that has caused chaos in the US amid fears UK government departments, police forces and private companies could be affected. The sprawling attack is being called the biggest breach in American history and a ‘grave threat’ to the US government, after hackers got … Read more

CIA’s latest test for budding spies asks them to tell the time using just visual clues

What time is it in this photo? CIA’s latest test for budding spies asks them to tell the time using just visual clues CIA released a picture depicting a wintry scene asking people to tell the time The illustration contains all the elements of the perfect winter snapshot Most respondents played along, but some asked … Read more

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

Did top brass betray our bravest spies to save D-Day?

Early on a sunny midsummer morning, a car carrying four British agents through the peaceful countryside of the remote Sologne in the Loire Valley drove straight into a German ambush. Two of the passengers had just arrived from England by parachute and the car boot was filled with weapons, as well as radio crystals and … Read more

CIA asks budding spies to spot the difference between two photos to test their tradecraft

Eagle-eyed Twitter users beat the CIA at its own game AGAIN – spotting as many as 16 differences between two images used to test their tradecraft CIA challenged Twitter followers to find 11 differences between photos Tuesday  On Wednesday people said they’d found more with one social media user saying there were 13 differences and … Read more