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Article thumbnail: Part of an FBI wanted poster for Rim Jong-hyok, who was indicted in a conspiracy to hack into American medical centres, military bases and even NASA. (Photo: FBI via AP)

Cyber spies backed by North Korea accused of stealing military secrets

The National Cyber Security Centre has issued a joint warning with US and South Korean security agencies about the Andariel group

US journalist Gershkovich sentenced to 16 years in Russian jail

China claims MI6 turned married government workers into spies in rare case

Article thumbnail: Court artist sketch by Elizabeth Cook of (left to right) Chung Biu Yuen, Chi Leung Wai, and Matthew Trickett appearing at Westminster Magistrates' Court, central London, charged under the National Security Act of assisting a foreign intelligence service, contrary to section 3(1) and (9) of the National Security Act 2023. They have also each been charged with foreign interference, contrary to section 13(2) and (7) of the National Security Act 2023. The charges against them allege that between December 20 2023 and May 2 2024, Yuen, Wai and Trickett agreed to undertake information gathering, surveillance and acts of deception that were likely to materially assist a foreign intelligence service. Picture date: Monday May 13, 2024. PA Photo. See PA story COURTS HongKong. Photo credit should read: Elizabeth Cook/PA Wire

British 'Wagner Group spy' charged with conducting hostile activity in UK

UK intelligence officials targeted in ‘honeytrap’ sex plots by Chinese spies