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...
Vaccine research among cyber attack targets
Organisations working on Covid vaccine research were one of the main targets of cyber attacks dealt with by UK Computer Security experts Last Year .
The National Cyber Security Centre says it handled a record 777 incidents between August 2020 and September 2021.
Its Said protecting the Health Sector became an urgent priority over the period.
The NCSC - part of Gchq - Said one in five incidents were aimed at organisations with links to health.
In one case, it helped the University of Oxford, where the AstraZeneca Jab was developed, to protect itself against an incident which had the potential to cause significant disruption to the UK's pandemic response.
According to the NCSC, the growth in reported incidents - from 723 the previous Year - was due to it working to proactively identify cyber threats.
But it also Said that it had to respond to a surge in incidents, particularly ransomware. The Attack , where users are Locked Out of their Computer Systems until they pay a fee, has become a growing concern, the NCSC Said .
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The NCSC Said in the Last Year the University of Oxford's Covid vaccine researchers also faced an attempted attack involving ransonware.
According to the review, the NCSC received More Than 5. 9 million reports of malicious content from The Public . This led to More Than 53,000 scams and 96,500 URLs being Taken Down .
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To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Media caption, Technology explained: what is ransomware?NCSC chief executive Lindy Cameron Said she was " proud" of The Way her staff responded to what has been " another hugely challenging Year for the country as we all continue to navigate our way through the pandemic".
Speaking at the, she had warned criminals and state-backed groups would continue to use the pandemic as a vehicle for a cyber attack - whether it be to target information around vaccines or by stoking fears to carry out scams.
MAKING DEATH YOUR LIVING: IMAGINE One Day THE WATER JUST KEPT COMING:Source of news: bbc.com
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