gchq is a massive circle. street. but for a secret agency, there are some surprising things here, like costa coffee. there's even a greggs! where i decided to buy some "min—spies". see what i did there? for all the attempts at normality, this is not a normal place and the people here are not doing normaljobs. do you think you're winning? if i knew what you knew about the world, would i be more or less worried? i think we're living in an extraordinary, complex and scary time, and i think things are changing. but i couldn't tell you whether we are winning as such. i think it's a very interesting time, and it will be very interesting over the next few years as we go forward. was kind of waiting to say my name is satchell, graham satchell, but what he went with was not great. so that's the organisation — gchq - but we wanted to see how easy it is to do their annual christmas challenge, so we sent poor phil mackie to investigate. get ready for a few more cliches. we printed one of them up to see if we can find any

gchq is a massive circle.ncy, there are some surprising things here, like costa coffee. there's even a greggs! where i decided to buy some "min—spies". see what i did there? for all the attempts at normality, this is not a normal place. and the people here are not doing normaljobs. do you think you're winning? if i knew what you knew about the world, would i be more or less worried? i think we're living in an extraordinary, complex and scary time, and i think things are changing. but i couldn't tell you whether we are winning as such. i think it's a very interesting time, and it will be very interesting over the next few years as we go forward. graham satchel there with his immense spies. do you see what he did here? iwas immense spies. do you see what he did here? i was so chuffed when i realised it was for kids and i worked it out and i couldn't do it. left at about that the better. concerned no charting decisions will be made until after a public inquiry has published its final report. 100 police officers f

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a christmas quiz from gchq, the government�*s intelligence agency: can you solve this puzzle?s finely poised — they�*re among the wickets, but can they get the job done in potchefstroom and clinch the victory. the hosts for the 2030 and 2034 men�*s football world cups have been announced, with the first of the tournaments being staged across spain, portugal and morocco. but there�*s controversy over saudi arabia being chosen to host four years later, because of human rights abuses and environmental concerns. here�*s dan roan. saudi arabia has been tightening its grip on world sport, spending billions to become a destination for major events. but today, fifa delivered the prize it craved most. the host of the fifa world cup 2034 will be... saudi arabia! with the inevitable victory confirmed, these the scenes in riyadh. with fifa cosying up to the saudis in recent years and a fast—tracked process appearing to pave the way for them, this had seemed a formality since last year, when it emerged that their bid would be unopposed. earlier, in a highly controlled virtual meeting at it

we can see this in the intelligence we can access through being part of gchq.s and criminal actors are using cybercapability against using cyberca pability against organisations, using cybercapability against organisations, seeking to undermine us. last week you heard the chancellor warn of aggression of cyberactivity from russia. and with our partners we can see how cyber—attacks are increasingly important to russian actors, along with sabotage attacks, which we have spoken about recently. all the while, china remains a sophisticated cyber—actor with ambition to project its influence beyond its borders. in the autumn authorities in the united states reported that china state affiliated actors compromised the us telecoms networks. given the global interconnectivity in communications we judge there is also a threat to uk data as a result. we assess that all sectors of uk society are under threat of data theft from this activity. notjust traditional intelligence targets, given the low threshold for information being of value. these examples illustrate the challen

there's a training program at gchq, our equivalent of the nsa, a government communication center, they do all that. there's a training program called operation mincemeat, believe it or not. that is where they make false digital identities. in the same way that the dead body in operation mincemeat was invested with a made-up character, the modern operation mincemeat is about creating false people, people who don't exist but have perfect digital backgrounds. they have facebook. they have instagram accounts. they have emails. those could be falsified. of course, they have to be, because the other side is digging. the russians are trying to find out who is who. if you are trying to foist a false agent on someone you better make sure the digital wallet is as convincing as it was for operation mincemeat. those will bet be the future. i would love to track the chinese digital espionage. that's sophisticated. certainly to me and i suspect most people, incredibly opaque. it's really hard to get a proper handle on that. i think that will be the story. >> hello. thank you. this has been very enjo

there's a training program at gchq, our equivalent to the nsa, government communication center, there's a training program there called "operation mincemeat," believe it or not. that is where they make false digital identities. so, in the same way the dead body in "operation mincemeat" was a completely made-up character, the modern operation mincemeat is about creating false people. people who don't exist but have perfect digital backgrounds. they have facebooks, instagram accounts, emails. those can all be falsified. they have to be because the other side is also digging in. the russians are trying to find out who is who. if you're trying to hoist a false agent on someone, you better make sure the digital wallet letter, as it is then, is as convincing as it was for "operation mincemeat." i think those are the future. the one i would love to crack, and -- is the chinese digital espionage. that's incredibly sophisticated. and so -- certainly to me and i suspect to most people. it's really, really hard to get a proper handle on that. but that, i think, will increasingly be the story. >> h

what is gchq and what does it do?m terrorists, individuals, or hostile states. there are more than 6,000 people here. analysts, linguists, technicians intercepting and interpreting communications. at the heart of the building is the emc, the event management centre. so when we watch spooks and slow horses and they always have that room with screens and people at laptops and frantic conversations — you're in charge of that room? yes. this is that room. yes. sarah, not her real name, is a senior operations officer. we can't show her face and her words are spoken by our producer. i lead a team of amazing, but ultimately ordinary people doing some fairly extraordinary things. so say there's a terror attack. are you immediately involved? and if you are, what do you do? yes, we are involved from the beginning, and we will be tracking that very closely, both through what we call open source, which is sort of media sources, and we're also kind of taking a look at our data sources that we have available in the building, which,

so there are a lot of gchq marriages.. # i stopped the search when i met you... so if you were to try and sum up the importance of this photograph album, what would you say? this is one of the most iconic items in our museum collection, and it really portrays a window in time during that critical bletchley park period. and i love it — i think it's a real snapshot of social history of an organisation at war. um, this is the first time we've ever shown this in the public. yeah, it is incredible. thank you very much for showing us. thank you. that was graham satchell reporting. hello, this is breakfast. hgppy happy christmas. i will have the headlines for you at 7am. it's been one of the most challenging years in recent memory for the royal family. the king and princess of wales have both been treated for cancer, and prince andrew's newsnight interview was turned into not one, but two, tv dramas. sarah campbell takes a look back at the royal family's 202a. a year like no other. first the king, then the princess of wales diag

a round of applause for mi5, mi6 and gchq friends.und of applause for m15, mi6 and gchq holding the fort while britain's borders are leakier than a cheap colander from poundland, hundreds of thousands of fighting age men wandering about this country with sudden onset amnesia. no names , no bac

a round of applause for mi5, mi6 and gchq friends.und of applause for m15, mi6 and gchq holding the fort while britain's borders are leakier than a cheap colander from poundland, hundreds of thousands of fighting age men wandering about this country with sudden onset amnesia. no names , no backstory, no names, no backstory, no passports. they're more lost than sleepy joe biden at an international summit. but don't get too comfy just yet in your safety and security, because mi5's safety and security, because m15's top dog, ken mccallum, he's just done a podcast where he's just done a podcast where he says they're making uncomfortable choices as a vital service. what's the translation there? what does that mean? they're shelving counter—terrorism efforts because chasing down russians , because chasing down russians, setting fire to the police and assassinating dissidents is the new day job. jolly good. so with their plate piled higher than a list of keir starmer, starmer manifesto breaches, m15, 1499 00:09:25,936 --> 0

summer internship program from which white british students are banned from applying m15, m16 and gchq are there to keep this country safe at home and abroad, appeared to be unsafe for anyone that's got the wrong skin colour. in this case, the woke talibans most hated cohort, white people. this internship sounds like an amazing opportunity. i've got to say it represents , and i quote the represents, and i quote the first steps towards an exciting full time career. so interns? absolutely. they're very welcome. but no whites please. and by the way, they won't be on the sidelines. oh no. they will have the opportunity to get unique access to operations, gain experience and contribute to real projects. however, this ten week opportunity is only open to students from black, asian, mixed heritage or ethnic minority backgrounds. it does include another provision welcoming those from a socially or economically disadvantaged background. well, that's great, isn't it? fantastic. except that it excludes poor white people. well, that's fair enough, isn't it? they may come from grinding poverty and