Starmer‘s Labour party had said it would seek a security and defence treaty with Germany if it won the July 4 general election, which it did by a landslide — propelling him to the premiership.
Archiv: GCHQ (Government Communications Headquarters)
What countries are in the 5 Eyes, 9 Eyes, and 14 Eyes agreements?
Fourteen Eyes agreement countries
Fourteen Eyes (or 14 Eyes) refers to the intelligence group that consists of the Five Eyes member countries plus:
– Belgium
– Denmark
– France
– Germany
– Italy
– The Netherlands
– Norway
– Spain
– Sweden
These countries participate in SIGINT sharing as third parties. The official name of the Fourteen Eyes is the SIGINT Seniors of Europe (SSEUR), which has existed in one form or another since 1982. Similar to the UKUSA Agreement, its original mission was to uncover information about the USSR.
A SIGINT Seniors Meeting is attended by the heads of the SIGINT agencies (NSA, GCHQ, BND, the French DGSE, etc.) and is where they can share intelligence and discuss related issues. While this group has many of the same members as the “Nine Eyes”, it is a different group. According to leaked documents, the Fourteen Eyes is not a formal treaty but rather an agreement made between SIGINT agencies.
A Surveillance Primer: 5 Eyes, 9 Eyes, 14 Eyes
(August 15, 2022)
The Five Eyes (FVEY) surveillance alliance includes the following countries:
– Australia
– Canada
– New Zealand
– United Kingdom
– United States
(…)
The Nine Eyes countries include:
– 5 Eyes countries +
– Denmark
– France
– Netherlands
– Norway
(…)
The 14 Eyes surveillance countries include:
– 9 Eyes countries +
– Germany
– Belgium
– Italy
– Sweden
– Spain
Geheime Liste: Wie der Sicherheitsapparat die Chatkontrolle prägt
Auffällig ist, dass die EU-Kommission von den neun Regierungsvertreter:innen auch zwei von der australischen Bundespolizei einlud. Hintergrund könnte hier sein, dass Australien seit 2019 ein Gesetz gegen sichere Verschlüsselung anwendet. Australien gehört wie das Vereinigte Königreich, die USA, Neuseeland und Kanada zum Geheimdienstverbund „Five Eyes“.
„Five Eyes“ hinter den Entschlüsselungsplänen des EU-Ministerrats
(29.11.2020)
Gemeint ist ein erster Schritt zu einer EU-weiten Regulation, die Plattformbetreiber de facto verpflichten wird, Ende-zu-Ende-Verschlüsselung mit einem Generalschlüssel auszuhebeln. Dass diese vom britischen Geheimdienst GCHQ vorgeschlagene Methode favorisiert wird, bestätigte de Kerchove ganz nebenbei in einem am Freitag von der Nachrichtenagentur AFP verbreiteten Interview. Ein frisch geleaktes Dokument des Rats dokumentiert die tiefe Involvierung der Spionageallianz „Five Eyes“ in die Entschlüsselungspläne.
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Was de Kerchove, der auch die Gaming-Websites als überwachungspflichtig ins Spiel gebracht hatte, geflissentlich verschwieg, ist, wozu dies in jedem EU-Staat unweigerlich führen wird, dessen Gesetze den Geheimdiensten ein Mandat zum Anzapfen der Glasfaserleitungen zum Zwecke der „Gefahrenverhütung“ bzw. der „Nachrichtenaufklärung“ verleihen.
Five Eyes, Six Eyes, Europe’s Eyes? Europe-Five Eyes Cooperation in the Face of China
(Mar 27, 2021)
In the short term, Europe may be able to shrug off the illegality of its data-sharing practices under the GDPR, and please privacy advocates with adequacy reviews, but in the long term the violation of Europe’s own data privacy crownpiece is sure to harm its international credibility.
EU-Entschlüsselungspläne offenbar „beschlossene Sache“
Chronik der zweiten „CryptoWars“ von 2014 bis heute, Teil II.
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2018 06 24 Wie der BND die Kommunikation in Österreich überwacht: Die Datenströme aus Österreich werden an der wichtigsten Verbindung zum Frankfurter Knoten DE-CIX komplett auf Leitungen des BND kopiert. Ausgewählte Ergebnisse der Auswertung gehen vom BND an das Heeresnachrichtenamt in Wien zurück.
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2020 09 27 Kursänderung zu Upload-Filtern in Brüssel: Keine Vorabfilterpflicht für WhatsApp, Signal usw. sagen EU-Vizepräsidentin Vera Jourova und Binnenmarktkommissar Thierry Breton. Damit ist auch der Angriff auf E2E-Verschlüsselung vorerst abgeblasen.
2020 11 08 Auf den Terroranschlag folgt EU-Verschlüsselungsverbot: Im EU-Ministerrat wurde binnen fünf Tagen eine Resolution beschlussfertig gemacht, die Plattformbetreiber wie WhatsApp, Signal und Co. künftig dazu verpflichtet, Generalschlüssel zur Überwachbarkeit von E2E-verschlüsselten Chats und Messages anzulegen.
Auf den Terroranschlag folgt EU-Verschlüsselungsverbot
(08.11.2020)
Laut weiteren Informationen, die ORF.at vorliegen, soll die Überwachungsmethode „Exceptional Access“ gewählt werden, das geht indirekt bereits aus diesem nicht technischen Resolutionstext hervor. Unter acht möglichen Modellvorschlägen, die allesamt aus technischen Szenarien verschiedener Geheimdienste stammen, wurde jener aus dem britischen „National Cyber Security Center“ (NCSC) ausgewählt. Das NCSC ist eine Abteilung des britischen Militärgeheimdienstes GCHQ. Plattformbetreiber wie WhatsApp, Signal und Co, die alle E2E-Verschlüsselung benützen, sollen verpflichtet werden, zusätzlich Generalschlüssel anzulegen und diese zu hinterlegen.
A Surveillance Primer: 5 Eyes, 9 Eyes, 14 Eyes
(August 15, 2022)
The Five Eyes (FVEY) surveillance alliance includes the following countries:
– Australia
– Canada
– New Zealand
– United Kingdom
– United States
(…)
The Nine Eyes countries include:
– 5 Eyes countries +
– Denmark
– France
– Netherlands
– Norway
(…)
The 14 Eyes surveillance countries include:
– 9 Eyes countries +
– Germany
– Belgium
– Italy
– Sweden
– Spain
Five Eyes, Six Eyes, Europe’s Eyes? Europe-Five Eyes Cooperation in the Face of China
(Mar 27, 2021)
In the short term, Europe may be able to shrug off the illegality of its data-sharing practices under the GDPR, and please privacy advocates with adequacy reviews, but in the long term the violation of Europe’s own data privacy crownpiece is sure to harm its international credibility.
A Surveillance Primer: 5 Eyes, 9 Eyes, 14 Eyes
(August 15, 2022)
The Five Eyes (FVEY) surveillance alliance includes the following countries:
– Australia
– Canada
– New Zealand
– United Kingdom
– United States
(…)
The Nine Eyes countries include:
– 5 Eyes countries +
– Denmark
– France
– Netherlands
– Norway
(…)
The 14 Eyes surveillance countries include:
– 9 Eyes countries +
– Germany
– Belgium
– Italy
– Sweden
– Spain
Destined for Downing Street? Rishi Sunak could be named PM TODAY after Boris Johnson pulls out of Tory leadership contest and Penny Mordaunt well short of the 100 supporters she needs ahead of 2pm deadline
– Rishi Sunak, who launched his bid yesterday morning, has received public backing of more than 150 Tory MPs
– As of last night, 155 MPs said they are backing Mr Sunak, while 25 had spoken out in support of Ms Mordaunt
– A further 54 who were hoping Mr Johnson would return are yet to publicly reveal to whom they will now back
– Mr Johnson earlier said he had in fact reached the ‚very high hurdle of 102 nominations‘ as he bowed out
– Ms Mordaunt‘s team, though, believe his decision to pull himself from the race will ‚propel her over the line‘
A Surveillance Primer: 5 Eyes, 9 Eyes, 14 Eyes
(August 15, 2022)
The Five Eyes (FVEY) surveillance alliance includes the following countries:
– Australia
– Canada
– New Zealand
– United Kingdom
– United States
(…)
The Nine Eyes countries include:
– 5 Eyes countries +
– Denmark
– France
– Netherlands
– Norway
(…)
The 14 Eyes surveillance countries include:
– 9 Eyes countries +
– Germany
– Belgium
– Italy
– Sweden
– Spain
We got Brexit done – now we must capitalise on the freedoms it gave us
Second, the government would also remove the burdens of GDPR, creating in its place the most dynamic data protection regime in the world.
The EU’s Byzantine rules are preventing British tech companies from innovating and public services from sharing data to prevent crime. As any internet user can see, GDPR – with all its bureaucratic box-ticking – is clearly not working and needs to be replaced.
UK officials in line for immunity in assisting crimes overseas, say critics
Exclusive: Draft security bill would let spies and ministers enable killings and torture, warn charity and ex-minister
EU-Pläne zur Chat-Überwachung eingebremst
Diese bedenkliche Entwicklung hin zu einem ebenso idiotischen wie gefährlichen Trend unter Jugendlichen muss der EU-Kommission, die über ausgezeichnete Statistiken verfügt, schon seit Jahren bekannt sein. Bekannt gemacht wurde das nicht, vielmehr wurden die großen Zuwächse an „Kinderpornographie“ im Netz von Kommissarin Ylva Johansson zum Versuch benutzt, Ende-zu-Ende-Verschlüsselung aus dem Netz zu drängen und ein Regime totaler Internetüberwachung wie in China und im Iran einzuführen.
EU-Auftakt für kommende Nachschlüssel-Verordnung
(10.10.2021)
Diese geplanten Maßnahmen der Union sind allerdings nicht auf europäischem Mist gewachsen, die Blaupause dafür stammt nämlich vom britischen Militärgeheimdienst GCHQ aus dem Jahr 2018, nachdem sich die globale „Five Eyes“-Spіonageallianz darauf geeinigt hatte. All diese geplanten Maßnahmen hatten nach ihrem Bekanntwerden so heftige Proteste aus Industrie und Zivilgesellschaft zur Folge, dass die Überwachungspläne vorerst schubladisiert werden mussten. Das große Schweigen nach der Aussprache im Ministerrat zielt also nur darauf ab, Proteste und Kritik schon im Vorfeld zu vermeiden.
EU-Auftakt für kommende Nachschlüssel-Verordnung
Diese geplanten Maßnahmen der Union sind allerdings nicht auf europäischem Mist gewachsen, die Blaupause dafür stammt nämlich vom britischen Militärgeheimdienst GCHQ aus dem Jahr 2018, nachdem sich die globale „Five Eyes“-Spіonageallianz darauf geeinigt hatte. All diese geplanten Maßnahmen hatten nach ihrem Bekanntwerden so heftige Proteste aus Industrie und Zivilgesellschaft zur Folge, dass die Überwachungspläne vorerst schubladisiert werden mussten. Das große Schweigen nach der Aussprache im Ministerrat zielt also nur darauf ab, Proteste und Kritik schon im Vorfeld zu vermeiden.
EU feilt an „Generalschlüssel“ für soziale Netzwerke
Beim Treffen der Innen- und Justizminister in Luxemburg, das am Freitag zu Ende ging, wurde still und heimlich der Auftakt für eine EU-Verordnung gegen sichere Verschlüsselung in sozialen Netzwerken gesetzt. Eine solche Verordnung hatte Kommissarin Ylva Johansson (Innenressort) bereits im Frühjahr angekündigt.
GCHQ: Massenüberwachung sämtlicher Internet-Nutzer
(26. September 2015)
Im Rahmen von Karma Police wurden annähernd 7 Millionen Metadaten-Einträge ausgewertet, die über einen Zeitraum von drei Monaten gesammelt wurden, um die Hörgewohnheiten von über 200.000 Menschen in 185 Ländern zu überwachen. Betroffen waren Radiohörer in den USA, Großbritannien, Lateinamerika und auch europäischen Ländern. Begründet wurde die Aktion damit, dass Radiostationen im Internet genutzt werden könnten, um radikale islamistische Ideen zu verbreiten.
Coronavirus data contractors engaged in dirty tricks and disinformation campaigns
(10.05.2020)
Palantir was co-founded in 2004 by Paypal owner and billionaire Peter Thiel. What the blog doesn’t reveal is that Palantir’s client list has included amomgst others, the CIA, the FBI, the NSA, the Centre for Disease Control, the Marine Corps, the Air Force, Special Operations Command, West Point and the IRS.
Furthermore, in 2016, it was revealed Palantir had a $34.6m contract with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and helped the Customs and Border Protection Agency create the Analytical Framework for Intelligence (AFI) system to track immigrants.
Nor does the blog mention that Palantir worked for UK intelligence and was awarded contracts to handle vast data sets on UK citizens for British spy agency GCHQ.
UK intelligence reassesses COVID lab leak theory, now says its ‘feasible’
British intelligence services are now reportedly reassessing their position on the theory that COVID-19 leaked from a lab in China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology.
A Sunday report from the Sunday Times of London quotes British spies who initially dismissed the lab leak theory, but now say it is „feasible.“
UK Government Announces New National Cyber Force
(21.01.2021)
The four organisations will collaborate under one unified command for the first time. The Ministry of Defence’s official tagline for the NCF is, “A Defence and Intelligence Partnership”, to emphasize the fact that there is no other organization like it anywhere else on the globe, to date.
Coronavirus data contractors engaged in dirty tricks and disinformation campaigns
(10.05.2020)
Palantir was co-founded in 2004 by Paypal owner and billionaire Peter Thiel. What the blog doesn’t reveal is that Palantir’s client list has included amomgst others, the CIA, the FBI, the NSA, the Centre for Disease Control, the Marine Corps, the Air Force, Special Operations Command, West Point and the IRS.
Furthermore, in 2016, it was revealed Palantir had a $34.6m contract with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and helped the Customs and Border Protection Agency create the Analytical Framework for Intelligence (AFI) system to track immigrants.
Nor does the blog mention that Palantir worked for UK intelligence and was awarded contracts to handle vast data sets on UK citizens for British spy agency GCHQ.
Document:Senior spy appointed to lead UK’s joint biosecurity centre
(05.06.2020)
Clare Gardiner, head of cyber resilience and strategy at the UK National Cyber Security Centre — a branch of signals intelligence agency GCHQ — will become the centre’s first director-general, responsible for advising ministers on the “alert level” for the virus; which is similar to assessing the terror threat.
Ms Gardiner’s role at the NCSC involves advising businesses and public organisations on how to improve their cyber defences, and she will return to this post after her secondment at the centre. But her research background in epidemiology and medical statistics make her well-suited to the role, according to one person familiar with her appointment.
She will report to Dido Harding, who is in charge of the NHS test and trace service.
The decision to put a security official in charge is likely to cause consternation among public health experts, who have questioned whether the template of a terror analysis centre is appropriate for managing a viral pandemic,
NEW: Sources have told the BBC the Covid threat level – decided by the Joint Biosecurity Centre, which includes the UK‘s four Chief Medical Officers – is being moved up to 5, the highest level. This is different from tiers
The REAL reason Boris Johnson is so fearful of ditching two-metre rule: Doom-monger advisers led by grim private polls, and the terror of being blamed for a new spike are paralysing the PM, write ANDREW PIERCE and RICHARD KAY
If Boris is to rediscover the vim and vigour that brought him into Downing Street then the role of the new committee examining the distancing rule is crucial. It is being chaired by a civil servant, Simon Case, the new permanent secretary at No 10, who until a month ago was working for Prince William.
A former private secretary to both David Cameron and Theresa May and a one-time director of strategy at GCHQ, Mr Case was brought in to coordinate the Government’s pandemic response – a sure sign that it had not been working well.
The Cambridge-educated mandarin is used to the trickiest of political problems.
Katharine Gun: the spy who tried to stop the Iraq war
Gun believes that because there was no specific UN authority to attack Iraq, ‘in theory’ Bush and Blair could be put on trial for waging an aggressive war (the charge at Nuremberg). ‘That is the only consolation I have… A lot of people would welcome that. It would show that there isn’t a double standard. It would show that when our politicians break the law they are held accountable.’ There is no chance of such a war crimes trial. Gun, the conscience–stricken spy, will almost certainly remain the only British official charged with anything to do with the war in Iraq.
Britischer Geheimdienst GCHQ sucht Mitarbeiter, die „Gegner“ online „frustrieren“
„Sie nutzen also Ihre emotionale Intelligenz, um nationale Bedrohungen abzuschrecken. Dabei arbeiten Sie mit [auch] mit Technikern und Verhaltensforschern, um Strategien zu entwickeln, die unsere Gegner stören, abschrecken und frustrieren. Und wir stellen dabei sicher, dass alles was sie machen, im Rahmen der Gesetze geschieht.“ (GCHQ-Stellenanzeige)
Give Up the Ghost: A Backdoor by Another Name
(4.1.2018) Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ,) the UK’s counterpart to the National Security Agency (NSA), has fired the latest shot in the crypto wars. In a post to Lawfare titled Principles for a More Informed Exceptional Access Debate, two of Britain’s top spooks introduced what they’re framing as a kinder, gentler approach to compromising the encryption that keeps us safe online. This new proposal from GCHQ—which we’ve heard rumors of for nearly a year—eschews one discredited method for breaking encryption (key escrow) and instead adopts a novel approach referred to as the “ghost.”
Last year we gave you a special #Coding Advent Calendar. Give it a go – put each day‘s code together to form a simple program
(17.12.2018)
Defence Secretary reveals new generation of ‘cyber cadets’
(30.9.2018) The Cadets CyberFirst programme, delivered by Ministry of Defence cadet organisations and the GCHQ National Cyber Security Centre, will equip over 2,000 cadets a year with the skills and expertise to become future leaders in this emerging industry.
Over £1 million will be invested in the programme each year, giving cadets the opportunity to learn how to protect systems connected to the internet from cyber attacks.
Top British Intelligence Agency, GCHQ, Recognizes EC-Council’s Certified Ethical Hacker and Certified Security Analyst Training Programs
(21.8.2018) In a showcase of trust and confidence, GCHQ provided the GCT (GCHQ Certified Training) accreditation to EC-Council’s globally renowned Certified Ethical Hacker (C|EH) and Certified Security Analyst (ECSA) programs. This recognition is a feather in the cap for EC-Council’s much sought-after credentials, which are among the most comprehensive programs in the field of Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing.
Many intelligence agencies including the Pentagon, FBI, the US Army, and most Fortune 500 companies prefer the C|EH program to enhance the knowledge and skills of their security personnel. Over the years, more than 200,000 cyber professionals were trained and certified with what has become the standard norm for hiring authorities as well as security champions.
Totalüberwachung, und damit ermöglichte politische Verfolgung, wird nun „gezielt“ erlaubt
(2.7.2016) Damit hat die Simulation von „Opposition“ und „Untersuchungsausschuss“ in der seit Beginn der Snowden-Affäre außer Funktion gesetzten Republik ihren objektiven Zweck erfüllt.
Unter dem Netzpolitik.org zugesandten Geschwafel irgendwelcher Simulanten ist lediglich das Statement vom Beirat der DE-CIX Management GmbH relevant. Klaus Landefeld gegenüber Netzpolitik.org:
„Alles, was NSA und GCHQ vorgeworfen wurde, soll dem BND jetzt auch erlaubt sein – die Bundesregierung legalisiert die Praxis sozusagen im Nachhinein.“
Das ist falsch.
Erlaubt war dem B.N.D. das vollständige Kopieren an den Netzknoten, auch am Frankfurter DE-CIX, spätetens durch die im November 2005 erneut verschärfte Regierungsverordnung „Telekommunikations-Überwachungsverordnung“ (TKÜV). Darunter fielen auch „inländische Fernmeldenetzknoten, die jeweils mit einem ausländischen Netzknoten zusammengeschaltet sind“ und „vom und in das Ausland“ geführter Telekommunikationsverkehr (Zitat Bundesverfassungsgericht, Beschluss 1 BvL 7/08, 13.05.2009).
Der Bundestag, natürlich auch „Linke“ und „Grüne“, wusste davon spätestens seit 2012.
Could the FBI and MI6 Have Planted a British Mole in Trump Campaign?
The entire allegation of collusion with Russia may have been dreamed up by MI6. Consider (reprinted from „Rogue Spooks“):
1: It was Government Communications Headquarters — Britain‘s NSA — that first warned the U.S. that the Russians had hacked the Democratic Party‘s computers. Back in September 2015, long before the FBI and CIA knew anything about it or showed any interest in it, GCHQ was waving warning flags about Russian hacking. For a long time, the U.S. did nothing about it.
2: During the campaign and even after, both MI6 and GCHQ routinely passed along classified intelligence information to the U.S. intelligence community about Trump‘s associates.
3: It was Christopher Steele, an ex-MI6 spy, who says he wrote the dossier that contained all the unsubstantiated and unreliable but nevertheless explosive material about Donald Trump. Was Steele only a former MI6 agent? Bear in mind what the Russian embassy said: „MI6 officers are never ex.“