MI5 is currently dedicating more resources to combating these foreign state threats than it did during the Cold War, as such risks have quadrupled over the last 10 year period. This expansion of interference from Russia, Iran, and China has increased the scale of the agency's state threat workload to match the volume of its current counterterrorism operations.
Tuesday, October 20, 2026
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MI5 Reports AI Bio Weapon Risks and 50 Iran Linked Arrests
Geopolitics7 days ago
Britain's domestic intelligence agency has seen a rise in Russian efforts to recruit criminals for sabotage missions across the country, according to chief Ken McCallum. He stated that advanced artificial intelligence could assist terrorists in creating biological weapons or eventually evolve to outthink humans. The agency has also tracked a shift in Iranian operations from targeting dissidents and Jewish communities toward military installations, which has led to more than 50 Iran linked arrests over the past year.
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