UK attributed 6 attacks to GRU-backed hackers and identified 12 hacking group code names as fronts for the GRU – Fancy Bear, Voodoo Bear, APT28, Sofacy, Pawnstorm, Sednit, CyberCaliphate, Cyber Berku, BlackEnergy Actors, STRONTIUM, Tsar Team and Sandworm.
Russian military intelligence directed a host of cyberattacks aimed at undermining Western democracies by sowing confusion in everything from sports to the 2016 U.S. presidential election, says the U.K.
Russia calls Dutch chemical weapons watchdog hacking claims "absurd"
UK PM May,Netherlands Rutte accuse Russia's GRU of 'disregard for global values'
UK Ambassador: "We are stepping up our collective activity against malign activity and specifically against the GRU"
UK Ambassador: "GRU is an aggressive, well-funded arm of the Russian state"
UK accused Russia's military intelligence agency GRU of carrying out 4 high-profile cyber attacks
2 year agoUK Secretary of Defence and 12 NATO Allies have signed a Declaration of Intent to join forces for introducing Maritime Unmanned Systems.
Peterborough kidnap: Six men jailed after man attacked
2 year agoVIDEO: Japanese and UK armies hold the first-ever joint drill in the Asian country as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe looks to widen military cooperation with allies
2 year agoPutin: Espionage, like prostitution, is one of world's most important professions. (Applause.) Nobody has been able to put an end to it yet.
2 year agoLAMBERHURST: Air ambulance called to incident at/near The Vineyard pub at Furnace Lane in Lamberhurst around 12:30pm today. Possible medical incident. Vid @ChillyComet23
2 year agoPutin: Skripal is a spy, traitor of Fatherland
Putin on Skripal: "People are trying to make some sort of human rights activist out of him. He's just a spy who betrayed his country. He's a scumbag."
2 year agoPer Eurocontrol, the Shannon (EISN) FIR has suffered a 'complete radar failure' and has been 0 rated (no flights) until at least 2300UTC.
Much of Irish airspace closed this evening after 'radar failure' in Shannon
2 year agoLive picture @flightradar24 shows Ireland's airspace clear apart from Dublin airport
Radar failure in west of Ireland resulting in a "zero flow rate" in Irish aerospace at present.
2 year agoRevised @DefenceHQ statement on A400M deployment to Indonesia:
2 year agoBIRCHINGTON: Unconfirmed report of a possible medical incident in Alfred Road at Minnis Bay. Air ambulance landed in The Dip by The Parade. Pic @Max_Orrin
2 year agoKnifeman 'goes on rampage' and stabs commuters on east London train sparking evacuation at Hackney Central station
Former Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has attacked Theresa May's handling of Brexit and has urged Conservative activists to "chuck" her Chequers proposals
2 year agoChief of Foreign intelligence of Russia Naryshkin says that Skripal case is a provocation cause Russian spies cannot fail in such a manner
Sergei Skripal fed British intelligence information about graft that extended all the way to Gen. Nikolai Patrushev, one of Russia's top intelligence chiefs and a close Putin ally, he told @MarkUrban01, whose new book paints a picture of his life as a spy
Hammond: UK *WILL* enforce Hard Border if there is a No Deal Brexit.
Journalist Sergey Kanev: GRU colonel Chepiga got "Hero of Russia" for evacuation of Yanukovych from Ukraine. Chepiga unit deployed to Mezhyhirya and guard Yanukovych to Russia
Putin spox again declines to comment on Novichok poisoning suspect's identity amid mounting reports that Boshirov/Chepiga are same guy: "We aren't going to hold discussions with the media. The BBC can't confirm anything. It can only put forth assumptions."
Multiple neighbours and acquaintances in Chepiga's home village, 5000 miles east of Moscow, have confirmed that Boshirov and Chepiga are the same man i.e. the Skripal suspect is Russian military intelligence
"Gavin Williamson told The Sunday Telegraph that the Government was drawing up a "defence Arctic strategy" with 800 commandos being deployed to Norway next year and the instalment of a base in the north of the country," writes @Telegraph.
Gardaí in Mayo are investigating a serious road traffic collision in Castlebar last night. Two pedestrians - a 31 year old woman and a 34 year old man - were injured after a collision involving a car. The woman received serious head injuries.