GCHQ's festive puzzles are back to test your wits

GCHQ’s Chief Puzzler, Colin, said: ‘This year’s Christmas Challenge features seven puzzles designed to test everything from codebreaking and mathematical analysis to lateral thinking and creativity – ...
WeLiveSecurity

Did GCHQ illegally spy on you? Here's how to find out

Want to know if UK intelligence agency GCHQ has been covertly spying on you? Now here's your chance. Surveillance and privacy watchdog Privacy International has ...
Wired

GCHQ spied on human rights organisations, court confirms

UK intelligence agency GCHQ acted unlawfully in spying on two international human rights organisations, the Investigatory Powers Tribunal has revealed today. Two NGOs, the South African Legal ...
Wired

Minimal oversight of GCHQ hacking is 'a major scandal'

GCHQ's hacking operations are conducted with little to no oversight and risk "undermining the security of the internet", leading online privacy experts have warned. Even when oversight is required, ...
The Mirror

GCHQ's new puzzle is riddled with cryptic clues that only serious spies can solve

Get your 007 thinking caps on, it's time to see if you have the skills for spy school. The Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) has a simple mission: to help keep the country safe. If you ...
Forbes

GCHQ Surveillance With NSA Declared Illegal - But It's A Hollow Victory For Privacy Activists

The Investigatory Powers Tribunal of the UK has declared GCHQ’s use of intelligence obtained through National Security Agency (NSA) surveillance, revealed in the ...
Ars Technica

GCHQ brought down several Anons using their own medicine

NBC News has published new documents from the National Security Agency trove provided by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden. The latest revelation is that British intelligence agency GCHQ conducted ...
Yahoo News UK

GCHQ quiz tests your ability to become a spy: do you have what it takes?

An image puzzle has been released by government spies from the GCHQ listening post in an attempt to entice fresh agents. The brainy lot who figure out the puzzle might be suited working with the world ...
Daily Mail

GCHQ Christmas Challenge: Can YOU crack the 'toughest ever' brainteaser as 2023 puzzle is revealed

For the young spies of tomorrow, it is a mission for your eyes only. GCHQ has released its fiendish Christmas puzzle to test budding James Bonds. The new head of the intelligence agency, Anne ...
ZDNet

GCHQ: We don't tell tech companies about every software flaw

The UK intelligence services has revealed how it chooses which security vulnerabilities to reveal to technology vendors -- and which aren't disclosed because the UK's national interest is better ...
Time

British Spy Service Says Claim That It Wiretapped President Trump Is ‘Utterly Ridiculous’

President Donald Trump’s boldest effort at political misdirection is threatening to become a foreign policy mishap. Struggling to justify Trump’s charge that he was wiretapped by his predecessor, the ...