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  • Wednesday, 24 February, 2021
    Cyber warfare
    UK spy agency to use AI against cyber attacks and state actors

    GCHQ director says machine learning will help analysts deal with growing volumes of data

  • Monday, 8 February, 2021
    EU foreign policy
    Germany, Sweden and Poland to expel Russian diplomats

    Moves come in retaliation for Moscow’s ouster of EU officials last week

  • Sunday, 7 February, 2021
    Cyber warfare
    UK targeted Isis drones and online servers in cyber attack

    Intelligence and military chiefs reveal details of operation to weaken terrorist group in 2016-2017

  • Monday, 4 January, 2021
    News in-depthChinese politics & policy
    China’s secret prisons in spotlight over Canadians held since 2018

    Use of foreigners as political tools increasing under Xi Jinping, say campaigners

  • Wednesday, 30 December, 2020
    National Archives
    MI5 sought warrant against exiled Philby to stifle Frost TV interview

    Whitehall feared former spy would discuss how the security service listened in on British Communist party’s HQ

  • Friday, 18 December, 2020
    Cyber Security
    UK cyber chief says government ‘not hacked’ in SolarWinds operation

    Only a small number of organisations affected in campaign aimed at US federal agencies

  • Thursday, 17 December, 2020
    Russian politics
    Vladimir Putin confirms Russian spies tail Alexei Navalny

    Agents would ‘have finished the job’ had they wanted to kill opposition leader, president tells journalists

  • Thursday, 17 December, 2020
    Helen Warrell
    Spy agencies explore alternatives to working from home

    Most office employees are used to remote work but intelligence-gathering is not easily done from the kitchen table

  • Thursday, 17 December, 2020
    FT Books Essay
    Simon Schama on what makes John le Carré a writer of substance

    The spy fiction master ventured well beyond the shadows of espionage to become one of the most perceptive and enduring writers of his age

  • Promoted Content
  • Monday, 14 December, 2020
    Cyber warfare
    Intelligence agencies assess damage from hack by ‘nation-state attacker’

    Global alert as SolarWinds says malware inserted in software for up to 9 months

  • Sunday, 13 December, 2020
    John le Carré
    Master of cold war spy novel John le Carré dies

    Former intelligence officer elevated hard-boiled genre to a literary form exploring ethical and political dilemmas

  • Wednesday, 11 November, 2020
    FT Books Essay
    Out of the shadows: Britain’s spy agencies in the modern world

    Two books look at the hard graft of gathering intelligence and our enduring fascination with spookery

  • Wednesday, 14 October, 2020
    Security Service UK
    UK will do more to counter Chinese spying threat, says MI5 chief

    Ken McCallum says security agencies are battling competing priorities

  • Monday, 21 September, 2020
    Josh Rudolph
    The rise of the foreign funds that distort western politics

    Covert Russian and Chinese money is playing an ever increasing role

  • Friday, 18 September, 2020
    Former British spy in Chinese influence probe

    Fraser Cameron denies Belgian and UK allegations that he sold sensitive information

  • Wednesday, 9 September, 2020
    Henry Foy
    The Kremlin’s nameless foe cannot be ignored much longer

    ‘Alexei Navalny’ may not be spoken by Russia’s political leadership, but his influence is impossible to deny

  • Wednesday, 9 September, 2020
    Chinese politics & policy
    China alleges Australian intelligence service raided reporters’ homes

    Accusations come amid intensifying diplomatic row between countries

  • Monday, 7 September, 2020
    Alexei Navalny
    Alexei Navalny out of medically induced coma, says Berlin hospital

    Poisoned Russian opposition activist is ‘responding to verbal stimuli’

  • Friday, 28 August, 2020
    Australian politics
    Australia launches English classes to counter foreign influence

    Free lessons come as concerns grow in Canberra over Chinese Communist party’s reach

  • Thursday, 20 August, 2020
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Russia’s dark culture of political violence

    Suspected poisoning of Alexei Navalny points to an atmosphere of impunity

  • Tuesday, 18 August, 2020
    ReviewHistory books
    Active Measures — inside the history of disinformation

    As election meddling thrives, Thomas Rid shows how political subterfuge is nothing new

  • Monday, 17 August, 2020
    US-China relations
    Former CIA officer charged with spying for China

    Arrest comes a month after US shut down Chinese consulate in Houston on espionage grounds

  • Monday, 10 August, 2020
    Andrew Hill
    Spies, lies and dormant ties: how to use and abuse LinkedIn

    The networking site is a vital tool for many, especially those seeking work, but treat it with care

  • Wednesday, 29 July, 2020
    British Secret Intelligence Service
    MI6 names former ambassador to Turkey as new chief

    Diplomat Richard Moore to take over UK’s foreign intelligence service as focus shifts to fresh threats

  • Friday, 24 July, 2020
    Sturgess inquest in Skripal case to examine wider role of Moscow agents

    High Court backs family’s request but Russian state involvement not on remit

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