Britain names MI5 deputy as first female cyber spy boss

Britain names MI5 deputy as first female cyber spy boss

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Category : International Published on: April 14 2023

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  • Britain named Anne Keast-Butler as the first female director of its intelligence communications agency GCHQ.
  • She has tasked with protecting the country from terrorists, cyber-criminals and malign foreign powers.
  • She will take over the role in May, succeeding Jeremy Fleming who is stepping down after a six-year tenure.
  • She is currently  deputy director general at Britain's domestic intelligence agency, known as MI5.
  • GCHQ is Britain's main eavesdropping agency and has a close relationship with the U.S. National Security Agency as well as with counterparts in Canada, Australia and New Zealand in a consortium called "Five Eyes".
  • Stella Rimington became the first woman to lead MI5 in 1992 and was said to have inspired the casting of Judi Dench in the role of "M", head of Britain's foreign intelligence service known as MI6, in the James Bond movies a couple of years later.
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