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Oct 8, 2024 · MI5 Director General Ken McCallum today gave his latest update on the current national security threats facing the UK. Speaking from the Counter Terrorism Operations Centre (CTOC) in London, he...
Jul 14, 2021 · Ken McCallu m will say the impact of hostile state activities - which include cyber attacks and fake news and have the potential to affect everyone - ranges from "frustration and inconvenience, through loss of livelihood, potentially up to loss of life". The spy chief will say people should not be scared, but he urged them to "be switched on".
Jul 14, 2021 · MI5 Director General Ken McCallum gave his annual threat update today, 14 July 2021, which was filmed at our headquarters in Thames House, London. He spoke about the challenges posed by state...
Jul 14, 2021 · Ken McCallum will say there have already been “over 10,000 disguised approaches from foreign spies to regular people in the UK, seeking to manipulate them” as he delivered his annual update on...
- Introduction
- State Threats
- Terrorism
- Learning and Improving
- Conclusion
Good morning. Thank you for joining me here in Thames House. Today, I’ll give our annual public update on the threats the UK is facing, and what MI5, with partners, is doing about them. No-one should be under any illusion about the breadth and variety of the threats we face in 2022: • We’ve seen Putin’s illegal invasion of Ukraine bringing war to E...
I’ll start on threats posed to us by States, where MI5 is making the biggest shifts in a generation. We are facing adversaries who have massive scale and are not squeamish about the tactics they deploy. The West is in a contest in which our security, values and democratic institutions are at stake. To be clear: at stake because of the actions of au...
I want to turn now to the threat from terrorism. Rising State threats are a huge challenge; but getting ahead of terrorist plots is still the first thing the British public expects of us. MI5 and CPNI’s quietly effective work with the police to safeguard the national mourning events following the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II was testamen...
As terrorism in its various forms continues to evolve, MI5 continually looks to adapt the counter-terrorist system. The Operational Improvement Review we conducted with the police following the awful attacks of 2017 made 104 recommendations – we have implemented 102. We are on the other two and we’ve gone yet further: A massive milestone is the cre...
Today I have sought to give a straight, balanced account of the increasingly complex range of threats we face. I do so in service of our commitment to openness with a purpose - to keep our country safe. Amongst other benefits, openness helps us bring the best talent to our organisation wherever it may be found, to maximise our effectiveness. This y...
Oct 8, 2024 · Giving his annual update on security threats faced by the UK, Ken McCallum said GRU agents had carried out "arson, sabotage and more dangerous actions conducted with increasing recklessness" in...
1 day ago · A British professional legal body has reviewed why barristers make so few SARs (Suspicious Activity Reports) to state officials. The Bar Standards Board, which regulates barristers and specialised legal services businesses in England and Wales, noted that there is concern that the level of SARs reported by lawyers.
