MI5 tackling more state threats than during Cold War, warns intelligence chief
- MI5 is devoting more resource to countering state threats than during the Cold War, the head of the intelligence service has said.
- Sir Ken McCallum said threats from foreign adversaries had quadrupled in the last decade, with Russia "aggressor number one" as well as increased Iran-linked aggression against Jewish sites and military bases.
- At an annual speech in London, MI5's chief said Russia was waging hybrid warfare at a time when AI was "supercharging the cyber-security contest between attackers and defenders".
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- MI5 is devoting more resource to countering state threats than during the Cold War, the head of the intelligence service has said.
- Sir Ken McCallum said threats from foreign adversaries had quadrupled in the last decade, with Russia "aggressor number one" as well as increased Iran-linked aggression against Jewish sites and military bases.
- At an annual speech in London, MI5's chief said Russia was waging hybrid warfare at a time when AI was "supercharging the cyber-security contest between attackers and defenders".
Sources: BBC News