GCHQ

A group of North Korean hackers were sent to China and required to make up to $100,000 a year for the reclusive regime by any means, or face "severe" consequences.

A post-Brexit intelligence-sharing agreement is vital to ensure British and European security, the former heads of MI6 and GCHQ have said.

The UK government's surveillance regime used by intelligence agencies to collect internet activity and phone records is unlawful, judges ruled Tuesday (30 January).

UK's spy nerve centre hopes old cypher will pique interest of young girls who have code-breaking knack and inspire them to join the service as adults.

North Korea said Thursday (20 December) that a US accusation that it was behind a major ransomware attack was a "grave political provocation" and vowed to retaliate.

GCHQ says the UK has cyberweapons that can cripple a hostile state. Theresa May will visit Warsaw to work with Poland to counter Russian disinformation.

The critical remote code execution flaws have not been exploited in the wild and Microsoft has already issued a patch for them.

Major banking applications used by HSBC, NatWest and Co-op had potential to let hackers steal usernames and passwords of account holders.

Hacking groups linked to North Korea will continue to devastate the UK with major cyberattacks over the next year, former GCHQ director Robert Hannigan has warned.

This week in cybersecurity was defined by major attacks and global concern - here are the biggest cybersecurity stories of the week as chosen by the IBTimes UK tech desk.

NCSC head Ciaran Martin confirmed that "hostile" nation-state hackers had hit Northern Ireland infrastructure in "significant" attacks.

British spy agencies have been accused of collecting personal, social media, travel, medical and related data for years, unchecked and without oversight.

British cybersecurity analyst Matt Tait claimed that he was recruited by the late GOP operative Peter W. Smith to help verify hacked Clinton emails.

Jeremy Fleming says government funding is now being used "to make GCHQ a cyber organisation as well as an intelligence and counter-terrorism one."

The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has been operational for a year – now its experts have opened up about the biggest challanges they have faced so far.

The Scottish parliament computers were targeted by 'external sources' in August 2017.

Children should be allowed to 'explore the digital world' - our future may depend on it.

National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) claims communications hijacked by hackers.

NCSC reportedly revealed that hackers may have infiltrated systems of some targets in the energy sector.

'People will have to push back against Russian state activity' former GCHQ director Robert Hannigan said.

In a post-Snowden world, UK campaigners demand transparency from secret cabal.

The new harder-to-kill strain is already infecting computer systems in four countries, renewing fears of another wave of cyberattacks across the world.

Campaigner Jim Killock: 'Secret consultations have no place in open government.'

Should you really be updating your password so often? Experts say 'no'.

Have a secret message you want to hide from search engines and text filters? Here's an ingenious obfuscator....

Both the FBI and the CIA were reportedly slow in appreciating the seriousness of these links.

A PACAC report said that the EU referendum website crash may have been caused by a DDoS attack.

FBI director says 'no information' supports President's Trump's original claims Obama spied on him.

The former British prime minister made the quip during a visit to Brown University in Rhode Island.

Sir Peter Westmacott says the claims against GCHQ is harming the US-UK intelligence relationship.