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"Anne Keast-Butler has an impressive record at the heart of the UK's national security network, helping to counter the threats posed by terrorists, cybercriminals and malicious foreign powers," said British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly, who appointed Butler, Reuters reported.

The most complex security operation London has ever seen is underway.
The funeral will be attended by many world leaders and members of royal families.

The UK has conducted a "major offensive cyber-campaign" against the Islamic State group, the director of the intelligence agency GCHQ has revealed.

The operation hindered the group's ability to co-ordinate attacks and suppressed its propaganda, former MI5 agent Jeremy Fleming said.

Britain's special services have stopped 54 million cyber attacks last year. Also, 120,000 fake websites were blocked, the Financial Times reported.

A former British spy chief said on Aug. 11 that encryption of online communications was "very positive" for the country's national security interests despite the difficulties that it poses for security services attempting to tackle militants.

France's first Boeing B787 taxis on the tarmac after its landing for delivery at Paris-Charles-de-Gaulle airport in Roissy, Paris on Dec 2.

American and British spy agencies have tried to intercept data from passengers' mobile phones on commercial airlines including Air France, French media has reported, citing documents from U.S. whistleblower Edward Snowden.

Usually concerned with top secret matters affecting national security, Britain's eavesdropping spy agency GCHQ was also on the lookout for leaks of a yet-to-be-published Harry Potter book, its publisher has revealed. 

The United States and Britain have monitored secret sorties and communications by Israel's air force in a hacking operation dating back to 1998, according to documents attributed to leaks by former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden.

Britain’s intelligence service is seeking spies for Christmas. Specifically, a highly cryptographic Christmas card was sent out by the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) that asks people to fill in a grid puzzle by shading in little squares to reveal a picture, which leads to a set of increasingly complex challenges.

British lawmakers say the country's intelligence agencies, which inspired James Bond, are not doing enough to promote real-life Jane Bonds.

A report on women in the intelligence services says female staff are being held back by a layer of middle managers, dubbed "the permafrost," who have "a very traditional male mentality and outlook."