GCHQ
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| Headquarters | Cheltenham |
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| United Kingdom | |
| Employees | 5,806 (31 March 2016) |
| Founded | November 1 |
| 1919 | |
| Number of employees | 5,806 (31 March 2016) |
| Jurisdiction | United Kingdom |
| Agency executive | Jeremy Fleming |
| Director of GCHQ | |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 1377501 |
About GCHQ
Government Communications Headquarters, commonly known as GCHQ, is an intelligence and security organisation responsible for providing signals intelligence and information assurance to the government and armed forces of the United Kingdom.
Russia-linked hackers a threat to UK infrastructure, warns minister
... The NCSC - which is part of UK cyber and intelligence agency Gchq - will say the hacking groups, which are often sympathetic to Russia s invasion in Ukraine, are ideologically-motivated...
Royal Mail hit by Russia-linked ransomware attack
... A National Crime Agency spokesperson said it was " aware of an incident impacting Royal Mail" and was working alongside the National Cyber Security Centre - which is part of the UK s cyber intelligence agency Gchq - to understand its impact...
Royal Mail: Overseas post still disrupted after 'cyber incident'
... A National Crime Agency spokesperson said it was " aware of an incident impacting Royal Mail" and was working alongside the National Cyber Security Centre - which is part of the UK s cyber intelligence agency Gchq - to understand its impact...
Putin: Nuclear risk is rising, but we are not mad
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Tory leadership: How secure is the online vote?
... During the last Tory leadership election, held over the summer, after the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) - which is part of Gchq - reportedly warned that the system could be vulnerable to outside interference...
Ukraine war round-up: Russian military exhausted and US tech giant Meta blacklisted
... Russian military exhausted, says UK intelligence chiefThe head of the UK s Gchq intelligence agency has told the BBC that Russia s military was exhausted, but there were no signs yet of nuclear weapons use...
Vaccine research among cyber attack targets
... The NCSC - part of Gchq - said one in five incidents were aimed at organisations with links to health...
General election 2019: What impact on UK security and intelligence?
...UK intelligence agencies, including Gchq (pictured), have close ties with their US counterparts Would a change of government alter the UK s security and intelligence relationships? Yes...
Royal Mail: Overseas post still disrupted after 'cyber incident'
People sending items abroad with Royal Mail have been warned there is No End in sight to delivery disruption after The Firm was hit by a " cyber incident" on Thursday.
The Firm is still unable to send letters and parcels overseas and says it is " working hard" to fix the issue.
There are also minor delays to post coming into the UK, but domestic deliveries are unaffected.
Royal Mail apologised again and vowed to update people as soon as possible.
It said that some customers who had posted items abroad even before the " incident" might see delays.
The Company is calling it a " cyber-incident" rather than a cyber attack because it does Not Yet know what has caused The Problem , The Bbc has been told.
A National Crime Agency spokesperson said it was " aware of an incident impacting Royal Mail " and was working alongside The National Cyber Security Centre - which is part of the UK's cyber intelligence agency Gchq - to understand its impact.
The back office system that has been affected is used by Royal Mail to prepare mail for despatch abroad, and to track and trace overseas items.
It is in use at six sites, including Royal Mail 's huge Heathrow distribution Centre in Slough, as well as its Bristol site - neither of which have any mail moving through them.
In the year to March, Royal Mail sent 152 million parcels abroad which equates to about 200,000 items A Day .
However, that was a small fraction of The Number of parcels it sent domestically.
Ciaran Martin , a professor at the University of Oxford and former chief of The National Cyber Security Centre , told The Bbc he believed the " incident" was down to " malicious activity".
He suggested, based on The Limited information about the case So Far , that it was likely to be criminal extortion or a " ransomware" attack.
" You're Locked Out of The System and there will be a demand, probably in Broken English from criminal abroad, to pay a lot of money in cryptocurrency for what is called a decrypt key To Let you back in to The System , " he told the Today programme.
Whatever has happened, a full recovery is likely to take some time, Prof Martin added.
Royal Mail has faced A Number of hurdles in recent months, including mounting losses as people send fewer letters and delivery delays as postal workers strike over pay and conditions.
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