The Chief will describe the increasingly complex and interconnected nature of global threats, ranging from technological disruption and hybrid threats to terrorism and information manipulation. Mastery of technology must infuse everything we do. Not just in our labs, but in the field, in our tradecraft, and even more importantly, in the mindset of every officer. We must be as comfortable with lines of code as we are with human sources, as fluent in Python as we are in multiple languages ...
The United Kingdom has a new way for people to share secrets with the country's foreign intelligence agency. It's called Silent Courier, and it's being advertised online. The service can be found on the dark web, and allows potential spies to share classified information with the U.K.'s Secret Intelligence Service better known as MI6 securely. The nation's Foreign Office, which oversees MI6, says the portal is being launched as the U.K. tries to recruit "potential new agents in Russia and around the world."
Sir Richard Moore said the Russian dictator is "stringing us along" as he has failed at every turn to broker a peace deal as he is doing nothing but spreading his "lies to the world." Come 24 February 2026 Russia's full-scale war with Ukraine will enter its fourth year and there is no signs of any peace deal. The UK's spy chief said there is "absolutely no evidence" that Putin wants peace as he will "impose his imperial will by all means at his disposal."