“The British counterintelligence Mi5 will give the parliament to parliament for the first time official recommendations for protection against espionage and foreign intervention”, – WRITE: www.radiosvoboda.org
The service will inform all parliamentarians and political staff – “high -risk persons” – about the growing threat they face the enemy states and will offer various protective measures. Recommendations are expected to prevent deputies to be careful about the motives of the people they hire and meet with, as well as to think carefully before making contacts on social networks.
According to the newspaper, the advice that the Security Service is hoped to publish in the next few weeks will probably include a section on foreign trips and will warn, for example, to leave mobile phones and laptops unattended in hotel rooms.
The recommendations will be published by the National Mi5 Public Safety Department, and are intended to be “independent of the state”. However, officials clearly made it clear that in their view, the main threat of foreign intervention emerges from China and Russia.
Politicians are separately advised to use the National Cyber Security Center (NCSC), a branch of the Center for Government Communications (GCHQ), which will warn them of any harmful activity on their electronic devices and warn if they try to access any of the black list.
The Sunday Times draws attention to the fact that last week the case of espionage against the former parliamentary researcher Chris Kesh and a scientist from Oxfordshir Christopher Berry, who was accused of espionage in favor of China, failed. In favor of both men, an acquittal was made.