Interview with UK's GCHQ head about the agency's upcoming cyber strategy, issues with state-sponsored digital currencies, hacking firms like NSO, and more
GCHQ head warns technology could allow Beijing to monitor users and exert control over global currency transactions
“damaging and should not be tolerated” Strong words about NSO & peers from @GCHQ spy chief Sir Jeremy Fleming. By:@khalafroula & @helenwarrell h/t @RonDeibert https://www.ft.com/... https://twitter.com/...
The Fed, White House & Congress need to wake up. China is 5+yrs ahead of the US in understanding this new digital monetary domain. https://www.ft.com/...
Can I point out something bizarre & troubling? @ft has scoop today. An interview with head of @gchq. A week after @BBCRadio4 has head of MI6. There's a common thread: data. Specifically: national security implications of it in hands of enemy states 🧵 https://www.ft.com/...
Sir Jeremy Fleming, head of GCHQ intelligence, said that while digital currencies present a “great opportunity” to democratise payment systems, the development of this new technology also poses a threat https://www.ft.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Strong language & well deserved. NSO is just one part of the broader surveillance-for-hire industry. So good to see govt, industry and civil society all turning up the pressure on this mercenary market. https://twitter.com/...
China's digital renminbi, which is being heavily promoted ahead of the Beijing winter Olympics, risks becoming a tool to surveil users and exert control over global currency transactions, the director of UK signals intelligence agency GCHQ has warned. https://www.ft.com/...