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Cyber chief to warn of ‘epoch-defining’ China challenge

Director Lindy Cameron, who heads up the GCHQ arm, will use a speech this week to warn that the UK and allies of the ‘dramatic rise of China’.

The Independent UK

Who is Anne Keast-Butler? First female director of GCHQ appointed

She will be the first woman to lead a UK intelligence agency since Eliza Manningham-Buller retired from MI5 in 2007

Evening Standard

Senior MI5 agent will become first female boss at GCHQ in its 100-year existence

Anne Keast-Butler, who has spent 30 years in national security, will take over as head of the British listening station in Cheltenham, Glos, next month

Daily Mirror

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What are the priorities for the new director of GCHQ?

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the threat posed by China and fighting cyber attacks will all be high on a complex to-do list.

The Independent UK

1st woman to lead UK communications intelligence agency GCHQ

The U.K. has named the first woman to head its communications intelligence agency

The Independent UK

Britain names MI5 deputy as first female cyber spy boss

Britain named Anne Keast-Butler as the first female director of its intelligence communications agency GCHQ on Tuesday, tasked with protecting the country from terrorists, cyber-criminals and malign foreign powers.

Reuters

GCHQ spy agency appoints first female director

Anne Keast-Butler, currently the deputy director general of MI5, is described as ‘exceptional’

The Independent UK

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First female director of GCHQ announced

Anne Keast-Butler will be the first woman to hold the top job

Manchester Evening News

Anne Keast-Butler appointed first female director of GCHQ

She will be the first woman to lead the intelligence agency since it launched 104 years ago

Evening Standard

First female director of GCHQ appointed

Anne Keast-Butler succeeds Sir Jeremy Fleming as head of the Government’s intelligence organisation.

The Independent UK

UK spies waging cyber attacks to ‘weaken adversaries’ including Russia and Iran

GCHQ chief says Britain ‘must be able to contest and compete with adversaries in cyberspace’

The Independent UK

UK’s offensive hacking unit takes on military opponents and terrorist groups

National Cyber Force says it is engaged in ways to ‘undermine tradecraft’ of Russian, Chinese and other state-sponsored hackers

The Guardian - UK

John Jefferson obituary

Other lives: Theoretical physicist who overcame early disadvantage to enjoy a distinguished scientific career at Dera in Malvern

The Guardian - UK

Man accused of stabbing US spy working at GCHQ to stand trial in October

A man accused of trying to murder a “US spy” who worked at GCHQ is set to stand trial later this year, the Old Bailey heard on Friday.

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The Independent UK

Autumn trial for man accused of attacking woman he thought was linked to GCHQ

Joshua Bowles, 29, is accused of punching and stabbing the woman at a leisure centre three miles from the UK intelligence agency’s Cheltenham base.

Manchester Evening News

Manchester businessman on Twitter hack as GCHQ issues cyber attack warning

Manchester firms are less likely than those in the rest of the UK to have a cyber incident response plan in place

Daily Mirror

Man stabbed woman at leisure centre because he thought she was GCHQ agent, court hears

Joshua Bowles, 29, was allegedly armed with two knives during the incident. He is also charged with assaulting a man who tried to intervene

The Guardian - UK

Man charged with attempted murder of GCHQ worker appears in court

Joshua Bowles, 29, accused of stabbing woman outside leisure centre in Cheltenham

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The Independent UK

Man, 29, ‘stabbed woman at leisure centre believing she works at GCHQ’

Joshua Bowles, 29, was charged with attempted murder following an investigation by counter-terror detectives and appeared in court on Thursday.

Evening Standard

Cheltenham stabbing suspect ‘tried to kill woman he believed worked for GCHQ’

A man accused of trying to murder a “US spy” because he believed she worked at GCHQ has appeared in court for the first time.

The Independent UK

Man in court accused of stabbing woman because ‘he believed she worked for GCHQ’

Joshua Bowles was charged with attempted murder after an investigation by counter-terror detectives.

The Independent UK

Man charged over stabbing of ‘American spy’ outside leisure centre near GCHQ’s headquarters

Joshua Bowles, 29, will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Thursday

The Guardian - UK

GCHQ declines to comment on role of US defence official stabbed in Cheltenham

Counter-terror police question man over stabbing of woman said to have been working at British spy agency

The Guardian - UK

UK expected to ban TikTok from government mobile phones

Ban on Chinese owned video-sharing app marks U-turn from previous relaxed position

The Independent UK

‘American spy’ stabbed outside leisure centre near GCHQ’s headquarters

The woman sustained serious injuries but remains in a stable condition in hospital.

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