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MI5 chief says state threats exceed Cold War levels
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Threats from foreign adversaries increased fourfold over the last decade.
MI5 chief Ken McCallum said the service is devoting more resources to countering state threats than during the Cold War. He highlighted Russian and Iranian activity, terrorism and emerging risks from artificial intelligence.
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AllegedMI5 is devoting more resources to countering state threats than it did during the Cold War.
“MI5 is devoting more resource to countering state threats than during the Cold War”
- 4times
AllegedThreats from foreign adversaries increased fourfold over the last decade.
“threats from foreign adversaries had quadrupled in the last decade”
- 50arrests
Arrests were made over Iran-linked activities in the last year.
“there had been 50 arrests in the last year over Iran-linked activities”