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MI5 tackling more state threats than during Cold War, warns intelligence chief    BBC MI5 Chief Warns of Growing Iranian and Russian Threats to U.K.    The New York Times British spy chief warns of growing Iranian threat as war continues    USA Today Suspected terror plot to target key UK base ’highly likely’ to be ’coordinated in Iran,’ PM says    Fox News U.K. intelligence chief warns Iran is shifting plots to ‘harder targets’    The Washington

Artificial intelligence (AI) is "supercharging" security threats to the UK, including the potential development by terrorists and states of new killer bioweapons, the head of MI5 has warned.

Sir Ken McCallum says operations to tackle terrorism and state threats are now roughly of an "equal scale".

MI5 chief warns against overstating Russian interference in Brexit vote    BBC Brexiters can’t cope with the fact that Putin was cheering them on | Rafael Behr    The Guardian UK prime minister say it is ‘clear’ Russia interfered in 2016 Brexit referendum    AP News UK PM Burnham says Russia interfered in 2016 Brexit vote    Reuters Brexit result ’not in dispute’ despite PM’s Russia meddling claim, MI5 chief says    Sky News

Britain’s domestic intelligence service is now devoting more resources to countering state threats than it did during the Cold War, MI5 chief Ken McCallum said.

The warning from the head of the UK’s domestic security agency comes after PM Burnham said an attempted plot at an air force base hosting US bombers was "almost certainly" coordinated in Tehran.

U.K. intelligence chief warns Iran is shifting plots to ‘harder targets’    The Washington Post Suspected terror plot to target key UK base ’highly likely’ to be ’coordinated in Iran,’ PM says    Fox News MI5 tackling more state threats than during Cold War, warns intelligence chief    BBC MI5 Chief Warns of Escalating Hybrid Threats From Iran and Russia on British Soil    The New York Times Iran sees ‘false flag’ operations after UK blames IRGC for airbas

Iran has made a "major shift" in its efforts to attack the United Kingdom, including going after harder targets such as military bases, the head of MI5 warned.

Het hoofd van de Britse veiligheidsdienst MI5 heeft in zijn jaarlijkse toespraak Rusland, Iran en kunstmatige intelligentie (AI) de belangrijkste bedreigers van de Britse nationale veiligheid genoemd. Ook zei hij dat bedreigingen door buitenlandse tegenstanders in de afgelopen tien jaar zijn verviervoudigd. Daarbij gaat het ongeveer even vaak om vijandige acties van staten als van terroristische organisaties. Rusland MI5-chef Ken McCallum ziet Rusland als "agressor nummer 1". Dat land voert volg

The head of MI5 has said the result of the Brexit referendum "is not in dispute" after the prime minister said Russia had interfered in the 2016 vote.