BBC: 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.
…Sir Ken said MI5 successes in identifying and expelling Russian spies from the UK had left the Kremlin dependent on paying proxies for attempted attacks…
Russia did try to interfere in Brexit referendum, head of MI5 confirms
Russia did try to interfere in the Brexit referendum through social media and television reports, the head of MI5 said on Tuesday, but he added that did not mean the Kremlin had any impact on the result.
…Neither tactic was particularly sophisticated or successful, the spy chief said. There was a big difference between “what may have been attempted and what actually resulted”…