Moscow delivered 'bursts of bad weather' but China was responsible for 'changing the climate' of security and intelligence, the new head of MI5 Ken McCallum said.
This combination of terror groups alongside state-based surveillance and the disruption of democracy, as was believed to have happened in the 2016 U.S. election, makes MI5's job increasingly complicated.
"Those threats are becoming more diverse and in some ways harder to spot," McCallum said."We face a bit of a nasty mix—terrorism isn't going away, and state-backed hostile activity is on the rise. But let's not make these people 10 feet tall. "Based on hard experience, the U.K. has a mature national security system, MI5 is a capable member within a genuine team. Every day that team includes support from individual members of the public.
"Much of what we do needs to remain invisible, but what we are doesn't. In fact, opening up in the right ways is key to our future success. Our increasingly diverse people, our partnerships in all sorts of places, and advances in technology give us reason to be confident. You will know when we're succeeding—as nothing will hit the headlines."
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