MI5 tackling more state threats than during Cold War, warns intelligence chief
MI5 says state-threat caseload has quadrupled in 10 years as Russian proxies and Iran-linked plots force more arrests and resources.
- 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, Russia ramping up hybrid campaigns in Britain, MI5 Director-General Ken McCallum says
McCallum added that AI was "supercharging the cybersecurity contest between attackers and defenders," and terrorists were exploiting it to improve reconnaissance and attack methodologies.
Iran and Russia Intensify Hybrid Warfare Against Britain, UK Spy Chief Warns
Iran is increasing its attempts to target military sites in Britain, while Russia is stepping up its hybrid warfare against Ukraine’s allies, according to MI5 Director General Ken McCallum. In his speech detailing threats to Britain, McCallum expressed concerns about the misuse of artificial intelligence (AI) by terrorists to develop bioweapons or create new pathogens. […]
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