The UK must be able to retaliate in kind against cyber-attacks, the chancellor has said. Philip Hammond added that hostile “foreign actors” were developing techniques that threaten the country’s electrical…
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UK spy agencies 'broke privacy rules' says tribunal
UK spy agencies broke privacy rules by collecting large amounts of UK citizens’ data without adequate oversight, the Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) has ruled. By Chris Baraniuk, Technology reporter Complaints…
Internet spying powers backed by review
Britain’s spies should be allowed to continue harvesting large amounts of data from emails, the government’s reviewer of terror legislation said. David Anderson has published a review of so-called bulk…
Spies' 'staggering' data requests revealed
Since 2005 successive Home Secretaries have authorised the collection of vast amounts of telecommunications data, documents reveal. By Chris Vallance, World at One The documents also show that MI5 secretly…
MI5 'secretly collected phone data' for decade
Legislation used to authorise the collection was “so vague that anything could be done under it”. MI5 has secretly been collecting vast amounts of data about UK phone calls to…