US EditionUK’s MI6 spy agency to target dark web for new recruits, including in Russia
MI6 uses the Silent Courier platform on the dark web to recruit spies worldwide, aiming to enhance national security against terrorism and hostile intelligence threats.
- The UK intelligence agency MI6 has launched a dark web portal called Silent Courier to recruit foreign spies with sensitive information related to global instability, terrorism, or hostile state intelligence activity.
- Users of the portal are recommended to access it through trustworthy VPNs and devices not linked to themselves for security purposes.
- The portal's launch follows a similar approach by the US Central Intelligence Agency , which previously suffered a major security breach when its agents' connections to the dark web were compromised by Beijing's Ministry of State Security.
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The British Foreign Office (MI6) is launching its own website on the so-called dark web in the hopes of attracting new spies online, particularly from Russia, according to the BBC.
New Strait Times
British spies turn to dark web to recruit Russian agents, access secrets
LONDON: British spies are to use the digital shadows of the dark web to recruit informants and allow them to receive secret information from agents in Russia and worldwide, Britain’s foreign ministry said on Thursday. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd
Silent Courier: U.K. intelligence service MI6 launches dark web portal to recruit foreign spies
Britain’s foreign intelligence service, MI6, is launching a new online portal called Silent Courier, aimed at using the dark web to entice potential spies to send it secrets, particularly targeting Russia.
Associated Press News
UK's MI6 spy agency to target dark web for new recruits, including in Russia
Britain’s spy agency is going on the dark web to find new recruits. The Foreign Office said Thursday that MI6 is aiming to recruit new spies for the U.K., including in Russia, through the launch of a web portal on the dark web.
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