National Security Council

Hacking

US government confirms cyber attack on Treasury and Commerce departments by state-backed hackers

By compromising SolarWinds monitoring software attackers gained unrestricted access to internal email systems of federal agencies

clock 14 December 2020 • 3 min read

Government

Government could ask mobile carriers not to add any new Huawei equipment to 5G networks from January

The culture secretary is expected to make a statement on the matter in the House of Commons today

clock 14 July 2020 • 3 min read

Communications

UK intelligence ties with US at risk over government's Huawei 5G networks decision

US security officials warn that there is no safe place for Huawei hardware in 5G networks

clock 30 April 2019 • 3 min read

Security

UK to approve Huawei to supply hardware for 5G networks - but only non-core components

Decision by Prime Minister Theresa May reportedly followed National Security Council meeting

clock 24 April 2019 • 3 min read

Security

US to take backdoor approach to introducing backdoors to counter encryption

Administration concedes that legislation to enforce the weakening of security in US products is unlikely to be passed - and adopts a charm offensive instead

clock 17 September 2015 • 3 min read

Security

GCHQ to feed cyber-intelligence to UK's biggest companies

Intelligence feed part of push to improve defences against industrial espionage

clock 17 June 2014 • 1 min read