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MI5 ropes in teenage hackers to combat cyber terrorism |
British intelligence
agency MI5 has hired many teenage hackers for its new secret operation to combat
cyber terrorism. At least 50 new computer-savvy hackers, including many teenagers,
have been roped in the newly formed Cyber Operations Command, and they had to
sign the Official Secrets Act, the Sunday Express reports. The Act forbids them
from telling their parents or girlfriends what they do in the windowless basement
area in the Security Service building beside the Thames, the report adds. The
teenagers, most of whom are of Asian-origin, are subjected to the same high level
of background security checks used to clear other intelligence staff. The paper
quoted Lord West as saying that these are "youngsters who use their talents to
stop other hackers from closing down this country". MI5 head Jonathan Evans has
reportedly told his staff to combat cyber warfare, which has been traced to China,
Russia and Pakistan. The hackers of Cyber Command, which works closely with the
Pentagon, have also intercepted messages from terrorists in Belmarsh maximum security
prison. According to a report, British Security Minister Evans has revealed that
over 1,000 hits were made on computers in Whitehall during the summer. A confidential
MI5 report also warned 300 banks and accounting firms that they "are already under
cyber attack" from Chinese state organisations, the paper says. |
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