MI5 tackling more state threats than during Cold War, warns intelligence chief
- On Tuesday, MI5 Director General Ken McCallum warned that Iran is "ramping up attempts to hit harder targets," such as military sites in Britain, while Russia escalates hybrid warfare against Ukraine's allies.
- MI5 is now devoting more time to "state threats" than during the Cold War, McCallum said, as the agency confronts what he called "a new era of national security" comparable to post-9/11 transformation.
- Recently, two Iranians were charged with "preparing to commit an act of terrorism" targeting Manchester's Jewish community, allegedly identifying the Jewish Museum and Heaton Park Synagogue as potential targets.
- Russia remains "aggressor number one," McCallum said, employing tactics short of conventional conflict including attempted drone attacks on cargo planes and cyberattacks on energy infrastructure across Europe.
- British Prime Minister Andy Burnham said on Monday Tehran was "highly likely" behind a suspected plot against RAF Fairford, as McCallum characterized Iran as "the other state keen on subcontracting its UK violence.
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Iran is trying to strike military targets in Britain and the suspected attempted act of terrorism at RAF Fairford airbase in September is not “an isolated case.”
Iran and Russia ramping up hybrid campaigns in Britain, MI5 chief says
Iran is ramping up attempts to hit harder targets such as military sites in Britain while Russia is escalating its hybrid warfare as it lashes out against Ukraine’s allies, the UK’s domestic spy chief said on Tuesday. In his annual speech on wide-ranging threats to Britain, MI5’s Director General Ken McCallum also said the greatest […]
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According to the British intelligence service MI5, threats from foreign states have quadrupled in the past decade.
LONDON (ANP/RTR) - Iran and Russia are carrying out increasingly hybrid operations against the United Kingdom, according to Ken McCallum, director of the British security service MI5. MI5 is now spending more time on state threats than during the Cold War. The number of threats has been... over the past ten years
MI5 Devoting More Resources to Hostile States Than Cold War; Ken McCallum Warns on Russia, Iran, and AI
MI5 is dedicating more resources to hostile state threats than during the Cold War as foreign adversary risks have quadrupled, Director General Sir Ken McCallum said. Labelling Russia 'aggressor number one', McCallum highlighted 50 Iran-linked arrests, warned of proxy criminal sabotage, and flagged emerging risks from AI-enabled drones and bioweapons. MI5 Devoting More Resources to Hostile States Than Cold War; Ken McCallum Warns on Russia, Iran…
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