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What do we know about China's global cyber operations?
Today's Big Question A tranche of leaked documents offers new insight into Beijing's sprawling mercenary hacking operation
By Rafi Schwartz, The Week US Published
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Ex-US diplomat confessed spying for Cuba to undercover agent, FBI says
Speed Read DOJ says former US ambassador Manuel Rocha perpetrated 'one of the highest-reaching and longest-lasting infiltrations of the United States government by a foreign agent'
By Peter Weber, The Week US Published
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Is this the end of the Israeli intelligence service's vaunted reputation?
Today's big question Hamas' surprise attack may have punctured the myth of Israel's famed security apparatus once and for all
By Rafi Schwartz, The Week US Published
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Bulgarian trio accused of running ‘Russian spy ring’ from Great Yarmouth
Speed Read The suspects had passports, residency permits and identity cards from multiple European countries
By Harriet Marsden Published
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China’s ‘breathtaking’ infiltration of UK economy: an existential threat?
Talking Point New report suggests Beijing is exerting political and economic influence on Westminster
By The Week Staff Published
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Russian spy from British embassy jailed for 13 years
Speed Read David Ballantyne Smith is ‘a far cry from the thrilling figures drawn in espionage folklore’
By The Week Staff Published
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China urges calm as US tracks suspected Chinese surveillance balloon
Speed Read High-altitude spy balloon seen over US nuclear missile facility in Montana
By The Week Staff Last updated
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Kim Philby: unmasking the original Cold War double agent
Why Everyone’s Talking About New files reveal infamous Soviet spy could have been outed years before defecting
By The Week Staff Published
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Who are the Ukrainian ‘traitors’ passing secrets to Russia?
Under the Radar Top prosecutor becomes most senior official arrested since invasion began
By The Week Staff Published
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FBI sting nets couple who hid atomic secrets in peanut butter sandwich
feature US navy engineer charged with trying to sell sensitive nuclear submarine data
By The Week Staff Published
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Berlin embassy spy formerly worked as ‘junior RAF airman’
feature Ministers under pressure to explain how private contractor was given security job
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Can you solve GCHQ’s LGBT-themed Alan Turing brain-teaser?
Puzzles and Quizzes Spooks release puzzle as £50 note dedicated to the code breaker enters circulation
By The Week Staff Published
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Four things you may not know about Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy author John le Carre
Speed Read Famed espionage novelist dies from pneumonia at age of 89
By Joe Evans Published
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Why everybody’s talking about the public inquiry into undercover policing
In Depth Long-delayed investigation into abuses by ‘spycops’ is one of the most complicated in British legal history
By Gabriel Power Last updated
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