The threat from Iran: a ruthless regime suspected of orchestrating terror attacks on UK soil

found 2025 › May › 05 (Mon) @ 01:20 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

MI5 chief Ken McCallum disclosed last October that his operatives have tackled 20 'potentially lethal' plots backed by Tehran since 2022 - mostly aimed at dissidents opposing the regime.

UK police arrest seven Iranians over alleged threats to national security

found 2025 › May › 04 (Sun) @ 18:35 UTC

a story from Al Jazeera › Al Jazeera English

Country on high alert since MI5 warning last year about ‘potentially lethal’ Iran-backed activities.

Author Barbara Pym may have worked for MI5, research suggests

found 2025 › May › 01 (Thu) @ 05:45 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

New work says novelist, who was a censor during second world war, may been employed to look for coded messages

It is an irony that she herself would have revelled in: Barbara Pym, the author who punct…

Astonishing claims that Fayed bugged a female aide's flat... with the help of a bogus MI5 agent, corrupt police and a fake copy of the Official Secrets Act - as victim says she was even invited to Scotland Yard by officers in pay of the Harrods boss

found 2025 › Apr › 19 (Sat) @ 22:45 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Police are investigating astonishing claims that corrupt detectives working for Mohamed Al Fayed deceived one of his victims by staging an elaborate ruse involving a bogus MI5 officer and a bugged fl…

British police forces are still using Chinese drones despite MI5 alert over spying fears

found 2025 › Apr › 18 (Fri) @ 23:45 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

The drones, produced by DJI Technology, help with surveillance and support investigations.

China to gain access to NHS medical records from 500,000 patients despite MI5 fears that health data could be misused by Beijing

found 2025 › Apr › 16 (Wed) @ 00:35 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

The information is being uploaded to the central database of the UK Biobank, a research hub that makes data available to universities, scientific institutes and private companies.

Prince Andrew 'demanded face-to-face meeting with MI5 boss over China spy scandal - only to see it cancelled at the last minute'

found 2025 › Apr › 06 (Sun) @ 02:35 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

The Duke of York had requested to speak to MI5 head Sir Ken McCallum in a bid to find out more about the security worries regarding his close confidant, Yang Tengbo.

Stranger than fiction MI5 tales revealed in first National Archives collaboration

found 2025 › Apr › 02 (Wed) @ 06:25 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

From Guy Burgess’s briefcase to microdots secreted in talc, an exhibition reveals remarkable items from the agency’s archives – and the extraordinary stories behind them

The agency that would become M…

Guy Burgess's briefcase among MI5 artefacts on display

found 2025 › Apr › 02 (Wed) @ 01:40 UTC

a story from BBC › BBC News

A battered leather briefcase left behind by Guy Burgess when he fled to Moscow in 1951 is among 20 objects from MI5's archives to go on display for the first time from Saturday.

Women make better spies than men despite being 'vain creatures' as male operatives are too 'conceited' and lack intuition, according to MI5 guide made public for first time

found 2025 › Apr › 01 (Tue) @ 23:50 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

MI5 spymaster Charles Henry Maxwell Knight, codenamed 'M,' who was said to have been the inspiration for James Bond's boss, believed women made better spies.