Liz Truss has warned Vladimir Putin against making the “strategic mistake” of invading Ukraine as she railed against Russia’s “malign activity”.
The foreign secretary was speaking during a Nato summit in Latvia, where she was also pictured riding a tank in the style of Margaret Thatcher. Meanwhile, the head of SIS has said he believes Russia poses an “acute threat”.
MI6’s Richard Moore also warned on Tuesday of China’s “large-scale espionage” against the UK and its allies, and signalled his organisation would have to work more openly with technology companies to stay ahead of the game.
Mr Moore added that as criminals and hostile governments built up AI and quantum computing capabilites, making the job of secret agents more difficult, Britain would need to “tap into” the expertise of tech firms and “become more open to stay secret”.
The pace of technological advance outstrips the speed at which spies ordinarily assess the people they do business with, he said in an interview with the BBC.
