GB

UNITED KINGDOM

Intel Environment

Military Alliance	NATO, Defence and Security Cooperation Treaty
Interior Intelligence Services	MI5 National Criminal Intelligence Service / Metropolitan Police [Scotland Yard]
Exterior Intelligence Services	MI6 / Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) WP FAS
Military Intelligence Services
SIGINT/COMINT Alliances	UKUSA Agreement

Telco/Carrier/ISP Environment

Type	Name	Ownership	Main Office	URL	Notes
GSM 1800	Cable and Wireless Worldwide (Cable and Wireless UK (England))			http://www.cw.com/
GSM 1800	Everything Everywhere Limited (Orange)(UK)			http://www.everythingeverywhere.com/
3G 2100	Everything Everywhere Limited (Orange)			http://www.everythingeverywhere.com/
3G 2100	Everything Everywhere Limited (T-Mobile (UK))			http://www.everythingeverywhere.com/
GSM 1800	Everything Everywhere Limited (T-Mobile UK)(UK)			http://www.everythingeverywhere.com/
3G 2100	Hutchison 3G UK Ltd (3)			http://www.three.co.uk/
GSM 1800	Mundio Mobile Limited (MCom)			http://www.uk01.com/
GSM 1800	TeleWare PLC (PMN)			http://www.privatemobilenetworks.com/
GSM 900/1800	Telefónica UK Limited (O2)	Telefonica (ES)		http://www.o2.co.uk/
3G 2100	Telefónica UK Limited (O2 (UK))	Telefonica (ES)		http://www.o2.co.uk/
3G 2100	VODAFONE Ltd (VODAFONE)			http://www.vodafone.co.uk/
GSM 900/1800	VODAFONE Ltd (vodafone)			http://www.vodafone.co.uk/

Transnational Cables and Connections

Type	Name	Ownership	Connecting Operator Point A	Connection Operator Point B	URL/Notes
120 Gb/s	AC-1 (Atlantic Crossing)		Brookhaven Cable Station in Shirley, New York, (US)	Land's End Cable Station in Whitesands, (UK)	WP
320 Gbit/s	AC-2		Bellport/Brookhaven, New York (US)	Bude (UK)	WP
3,84 Tbs	EIG			Tripoli (LY) / Abu Talat (EG) / Al Fujaurah (AE) / Barka (OM) / Djibouti (DJ) / Gibraltar (GI) / Jeddah (SA) / London (GB) / Marseille (FR) / Monaco (MC) / Mumbai (IN) / Sesimbra (PT) / Widemouth Bay (GB) / Zaferana (EG)	Operator WP
480 Gbits/s	SEA-ME-WE-3			Norden (DE) / Oostende (BE) / Goonhilly (GB) / Penmarch (FR) / Sesimbra (PT) / Tetuan (MA) / Mazara del Vallo (IT) / Chania (GR) / Marmaris (TR) / Yeroskipou (CY) / Alexandria (EG) / Suez (EG) / Jeddah (SA) / Djibouti (DJ) / Muscat (OM) / Fujairah (AE) / Karachi (PK) / Mumbai (IN) / Cochin (IN) / Mount Lavinia (LK) / Pyapon (MM) / Satun (TH) / Penang, (MY) (Where it meets the SAFE and the FLAG cables.) / Medan (IN) / Tuas (SG) / Jakarta (IN) / Perth (AU) / Mersing (MY) / Tungku (BN) / Da Nang (VN) / Batangas (PH) / Taipa (MO) / Deep Water Bay (HK) / Shantou (CN) / Fangshan (TW) / Toucheng (TW) / Shanghai (CN) / Keoje (KR) / Okinawa, (JP)	WP

SIGINT/COMINT Stations and Operators

Name	Location	Operator	Status	Capabilities
Menwith Hill (ECHELON)	Menwith Hill, Harrogate	UK/USA (RSOC)	Active	Intelsat Europe till West-Asia
	Belfast (Victoria Square)	GCHQ operated "accommodation site" that provides occasional SIGINT product to the US INSCOM	Active
	Brora, Scotland	GCHQ operated "accommodation site" that provides occasional SIGINT product to the US INSCOM	Active
GCHQ	Cheltenham (Government Communications Headquarters)	NSA liaison is present.	Active
	Chicksands	GCHQ operated "accommodation site" that provides occasional SIGINT product to the US INSCOM	Active
	Culm Head	GCHQ operated "accommodation site" that provides occasional SIGINT product to the US INSCOM	Active
	Digby	GCHQ operated "accommodation site" that provides occasional SIGINT product to the US INSCOM	Active
	Hawklaw, Scotland	GCHQ operated "accommodation site" that provides occasional SIGINT product to the US INSCOM	Active
	Irton Moor	GCHQ operated "accommodation site" that provides occasional SIGINT product to the US INSCOM	Active
	Molesworth	UK/USA	Active
GCHQ BUDE	Morwenstow	UK/USA	Active
	Westminster, London	GCHQ operated "accommodation site" that provides occasional SIGINT product to the US INSCOM	Active
	(Palmer Street)	?
	Yemen	?
	Socotra Island		(planned)

Vendor Appearance

• Vendor with Place of Registration in the UK: AUDIOTEL, CAMBRIDGECON, COBHAM, CREATIVITY, DATONG, DELMA, DETICA, GAMMA, GRIFFCOMM, HIDDEN-TECHNOLOGY-SYSTEMS, NEWPORT, TELESOFT

• DATONG delivering the Metropolitan Police 10/2011
• 2013: GAMMA / FINFISHER see Citizenlab Report 20130430
• 2013: HACKINGTEAM see securelist.com Report 20130425

Articles / Events / Situations

2010 - 2013

2013

Date	Source	Title	Tags
20130823	rt.com	Snowden 'not the source' of Middle East surveillance leak – Guardian	GB / GCHQ
20130823	spiegel.de	Snowden-Dokumente: Briten betreiben Spionage-Basis im Nahen Osten	GB / GCHQ
20130823	indenpendent.co.uk	Exclusive: UK’s secret Mid-East internet surveillance base is revealed in Edward Snowden leaks - Data-gathering operation is part of a £1bn web project still being assembled by GCHQ	GB / GCHQ
20130803	rt.com	‘Poodle’ UK: MPs to quiz GCHQ spies over $150 mln payments from US govt	GB / GCHQ / US / NSA
20130802	cryptome.org	NSA X-KEYSCORE Server Sites	XKEYSCORE / US / MX / HN / CR / PA / VE / CO / EC / BR / GB / FR / DE / AT / IT / ES / PL / BY / RU / RO / GR / CZ / DZ / MA / EG / SD / SO / CM / NA / ZW / SA / TR / IQ / KW / BH / QA / AE / UZ / KG / AF / PK / IN / JP / CN / PH / MM / TH / KH / MY / AU / NZ
20130801	guardian.co.uk	Exclusive: NSA pays £100m in secret funding for GCHQ	US / NSA / GCHQ / GB
20130717	guardian.co.uk	Prism: committee urges review of legal framework for electronic surveillance - Intelligence and security committee also confirms GCHQ's use of NSA Prism surveillance material for first time	PRISM / GCHQ / GB
20130708	guardian.co.uk	NSA and GCHQ spy programmes face legal challenge - Privacy campaigners file claim saying laws used to justify data trawling by Prism and Tempora programmes are being abused	GB / NSA / GCHQ / PRISM / TEMPORA
20130705	guardian.co.uk	NSA leaks: UK blocks crucial espionage talks between US and Europe - First talks to soothe transatlantic tensions to be restricted to data privacy and Prism programme after Britain and Sweden's veto	GB / NSA / US / EU
20130704	guardian.co.uk	Ecuador says London embassy bug hidden in socket - Foreign minister says Ecuador is to ask for Britain's co-operation in investigating hidden microphone	EC / GB / THESURVEILLANCEGROUP
20130703	guardian.co.uk	Snowden row intensifies as hidden bug found in Ecuador's embassy - Ecuadorean minister threatens to reveal perpetrators after device discovered during meeting over Assange	EC / GB
20130703	guardian.co.uk	Rifkind defends cancelling of spy chiefs' TV grilling - Chair of intelligence and security committee says he finds arguments that public hearing should go ahead unconvincing	GB / GCHQ
20130703	guardian.co.uk	Listen carefully: bugging foreign embassies is nothing new - So well documented are efforts to bug embassies that diplomats must know better than to discuss real secrets in their own offices	GB / MI5 / MI6 / GCHQ
20130701	guardian.co.uk	Parliamentary committee 'too busy' to question intelligence agencies - Intelligence and security committee postpones televised session with agencies to focus on GCHQ claims and Lee Rigby case	GB / GCHQ
20130629	privacysurgeon.org	Former NSA contractor warns of “murky” interception arrangements	NSA / DE / FI / GB / DK / NL / FR / ES / IT / US / CA / AU / NZ / ECHELON / BND / CESID / OPERATION DELIKATESSE / TR / MIT
20130626	tagesschau.de	Deutsche Fragen zum "Tempora"-Programm - Drei Zeilen aus London	DE / GB / GCHQ / TEMPORA
20130626	welt.de	Briten verweigern Antwort auf deutsche Spähprogramm-Fragen	DE / GB
20130626	guardian.co.uk	Police unit monitors 9,000 'extremists' - Officers familiar with workings of unit indicate that many of campaigners listed on database have no criminal record	GB
20130625	spiegel.de	Schnüffelprogramm Tempora: Justizministerin schickt Brandbriefe an britische Regierung	TEMPORA / DE / GB
20130625	guardian.co.uk	Germany blasts Britain over GCHQ's secret cable trawl - Minister questions legality of mass tapping of calls and internet and demands to know extent to which Germans were targeted	GB / GCHQ / DE
20130625	sueddeutsche.de	Deutsche Politiker verlangen Aufklärung von London	DE / GB / GCHQ / TEMPORA
20130625	guardian.co.uk	Civil rights group says GCHQ and NSA have targeted it illegally - Liberty asks official tribunal to investigate whether its communications have been intercepted by government spooks	GB / GCHQ / NSA
20130624	spiegel.de	Überwachungsprogramm: Tempora lässt die Briten kalt	GB / GCHQ / TEMPORA
20130623	rt.com	UK tapping Europe’s data flows is like ‘Hollywood nightmare’ – Germany	GB / GCHQ / DE
20130622	guardian.co.uk	MI5 feared GCHQ went 'too far' over phone and internet monitoring - Amid leaks from NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, senior intelligence source reveals worries were voiced in 2008	GB / GCHQ / MI5 / NSA
20130622	guardian.co.uk	GCHQ monitoring described as a 'catastrophe' by German politicians - Federal ministers demand clarification from UK government on extent of spying conducted on German citizens	DE / GCHQ / GB
20130622	spiegel.de	Britisches Abhörprogramm: Bundesregierung nimmt Tempora-Bericht "sehr ernst"	DE / GB / GCHQ
20130622	spiegel.de	Britische Internet-Überwachung: Freund liest mit	GB / GCHQ / NSA / TAT-14
20130621	netzpolitik.org	Keep Calm and Spy On: Britischer Nachrichtendienst überwacht systematisch internationalen Internetverkehr	GB / GCHQ
20130621	spiegel.de	Spionageskandal: Britischer Geheimdienst speichert weltweiten Internet-Verkehr	GB / GCHQ / MASTERING THE INTERNET / GLOBAL TELECOMS EXPLOITATION / TEMPORA
20130621	guardian.co.uk	The legal loopholes that allow GCHQ to spy on the world - William Hague has hailed GCHQ's 'democratic accountability', but legislation drafted before a huge expansion of internet traffic appears to offer flexibility	GCHQ / GB
20130621	guardian.co.uk	GCHQ taps fibre-optic cables for secret access to world's communications - Exclusive: British spy agency collects and stores vast quantities of global email messages, Facebook posts, internet histories and calls, and shares them with NSA, latest documents from Edward Snowden reveal	SUBCOMCAB / GB / GCHQ / US / NSA / MASTERING THE INTERNET / GLOBAL TELECOMS EXPLOITATION / TEMPORA
20130619	guardian.co.uk	Britain's response to the NSA story? Back off and shut up - Snowden's revelations are causing outrage in the US. In the UK, Hague deploys a police-state defence and the media is silenced	GB / GCHQ
20130617	guardian.co.uk	MoD serves news outlets with D notice over surveillance leaks - BBC and other media groups issued with D notice to limit publication of information that could 'jeopardise national security'	GB
20130617	spiegel.de	G-8-Gipfel: Britische Abhöraktion verärgert Russland	GB / GCHQ / RU / TR
20130617	guardian.co.uk	G20 summits: Russia and Turkey react with fury to spying revelations - Ankara summons UK ambassador and says GCHQ allegations are 'scandalous' if confirmed	GCHQ / GB / TR / RU
20130617	spiegel.de	Telefonüberwachung: Britische Spione spähten Gipfelteilnehmer aus	GB / GCHQ
20130616	guardian.co.uk	UK intelligence agencies planned to spy on Commonwealth summit delegates: Top-secret document, prepared by GCHQ, contained proposals to target Commonwealth allies at heads of government summit	GB / GCHQ / TT
20130616	guardian.co.uk	NSA targeted Dmitry Medvedev at London G20 summit - Leaked documents reveal Russian president was spied on during visit, as questions are raised over use of US base in Britain	GB / RU / GCHQ
20130616	guardian.co.uk	The laws that allow intelligence agencies to spy on foreign diplomats - The Intelligence Services Act and Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act are broad enough to allow all manner of operations	GB / GCHQ
20130616	guardian.co.uk	Britain's long history of spying on visiting dignitaries	GB / GCHQ
20130616	guardian.co.uk	GCHQ intercepted foreign politicians' communications at G20 summits - Exclusive: phones were monitored and fake internet cafes set up to gather information from allies in London in 2009	GB / GCHQ / NSA
20130616	guardian.co.uk	G20 surveillance: why was Turkey targeted? Gordon Brown had hailed 'strong and strengthening ties' with the country, which was – and is – an ally	GB / TR / GCHQ / NSA
20130610	spiegel.de	Internet-Überwachung: Großbritannien verschweigt Rolle im Prism-Skandal	GB
20130609	guardian.co.uk	Surveillance in the US and UK: Spreading national insecurity: The actions of whistleblowers may embarrass governments. But where legislatures and judges fail, whistleblowers keep open the only channel left for public accountability	NSA / US / GB
20130606	guardian.co.uk	Verizon phone records: could it happen in Britain? Tools to engineer disclosure of phone records seem to exist in Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000	GB
20130526	bbc.co.uk	Tory-Labour pact could save data bill, says Lord Howard	GB
20130513	theinquirer.net	EE denies selling user data to tracking firm	GB / CDR
20130513	pcpro.co.uk	EE data "being sold to track customers"	CDR / GB
20130512	thesundaytimes.co.uk	Secrets of 27m mobile phones offered to police	GB / CDR
20130430	citizenlab.org	For their Eyes Only: The Commercialization of Digital Spying (Full Report)	FINFISHER / GAMMA / AU / AT / BH / BN / BG / CA / CZ / EE / ET / DE / HU / IN / ID / JP / LV / LT / MK / MY / MX / MG / NL / NG / PK / PA / QA / RO / RS / SG / ZA / TR / TM / AE / GB / US / VN
20130430	citizenlab.org	For Their Eyes Only: The Commercialization of Digital Spying	FINFISHER / GAMMA / AU / AT / BH / BN / BG / CA / CZ / EE / ET / DE / HU / IN / ID / JP / LV / LT / MK / MY / MX / MG / NL / NG / PK / PA / QA / RO / RS / SG / ZA / TR / TM / AE / GB / US / VN
20130425	securelist.com	Spyware. HackingTeam	HACKINGTEAM / MX / IT / VN / AE / IQ / LB / MA / PA / TJ / IN / IR / SA / KR / ES / PL / TR / AR / CA / ML / OM / CN / US / KZ / EG / UA / UZ / CO / TW / BR / RU / KG / GB / BH / ET / ID / DE / LY
20130313	nytimes.com	Researchers Find 25 Countries Using Surveillance Software	GAMMA / FINFISHER / MUENCH, MARTIN J / AU / BH / BD / BN / CA / CZ / EE / ET / DE / IN / ID / JP / LV / MY / MX / MN / NL / QA / RS / SG / TM / AE / GB / US / VN
20130313	citizenlab.org	You Only Click Twice: FinFisher’s Global Proliferation	FINFISHER / GAMMA / AU / BH / BD / BN / CA / CZ / EE / ET / DE / IN / ID / JP / LV / MY / MX / MN / NL / QA / RS / SG / TM / AE / GB / US / VN
20130312	pcworld.com	Reporters Without Borders slams five nations for spying on media, activists	GAMMA / TROVICOR / HACKINGTEAM / AMESYS / BLUECOAT / US / GB / DE / FR / IT

2012

Date	Source	Title	Tags
09.09.2012	guardian.co.uk	Crackdown on sale of UK spyware over fears of misuse by repressive regimes: Decision to stop sale of spying software to Egypt puts other deals with repressive regimes in doubt	FINFISHER / GB / GAMMA / EG
19.07.2012	privacyinternational.org	Privacy International commences legal action against British government for failure to control exports of surveillance technologies	GB
20.07.2012	fm4.orf.at	Der Facebook-Überwachungsstandard: Das bereits praktizierte Einlesen und Speichern von Chats, privaten Postings oder Webmail samt Brechen der Https-Verschlüsselung von Web-2.0-Diensten soll auch als Telekom-Standard verankert werden	ETSI-LI / GB
02.07.2012	Russia Today (via youtube)	UK's Dark Cloud: Web 'black box' totalitarianism	GB
29.06.2012	channel4.com	'Black boxes' to monitor all internet and phone data	GB
16.06.2012	asianimage.co.uk	Spying on people to cost £1.8 billion	GB
13.06.2012	guardian.co.uk	Online privacy: Home Office to write blank cheque for 'snoopers' charter': Internet and phone companies will be forced to track email, Twitter, Facebook and other online data under new legislation	GB
19.04.2012	scramblngforsafety.org	Scrambling for Safety 2012	GB
08.04.2012	telegraph.co.uk	GCHQ warns it is losing terrorists on the internet: Controversial proposals to "snoop" on every email, phone call and text message have been driven by a warning from spies that new technology has "eroded" their ability to eavesdrop on terrorists and criminals.	GB
03.04.2012	telepolis.de	Die Einschränkungen für das Überwachen der Kommunikation sollen fallen: Die britische Regierung will eine Vorratsdatenspeicherung für ein Jahr einführen und den Sicherheitsbehörden die Möglichkeit geben, ohne richterlichen Beschluss in Echtzeit die Kommunikation in allen Kanälen abzuhören	GB
02.04.2012	guardian.co.uk	Email surveillance plans face Lib Dem rebellion: Senior MPs concerned at government proposals to extend powers of security services to monitor public communications	GB
01.04.2012	guardian.co.uk	Government plans increased email and social network surveillance: Proposal echoes Labour scheme that was scrapped in 2009 over concerns it would breach civil liberties	GB
01.03.2012	guardian.co.uk	Menwith Hill eavesdropping base undergoes massive expansion	GB ECHELON MENWITH HILL STATION
21.02.2012	telegraph.co.uk	Phone and email records to be stored in new spy plan: Details of every phone call and text message, email traffic and websites visited online are to be stored in a series of vast databases under new Government anti-terror plans.	GB

2011

Date	Source	Title	Tags
14.11.2011	bbc.co.uk	Oxford taxi conversations to be recorded, council rules	GB
30.10.2011	Guardian	Met police using surveillance system to monitor mobile phones	GB DATONG

2010

Date	Source	Title	Tags
18.04.2010	Guardian	No 10 Downing Street bugged by MI5, claims historian / Bugs placed in the cabinet room by Harold Macmillan in 1963 and not removed until 1977	GB MI5

2000 - 2009

Date	Source	Title	Tags
11.07.2009	Wikileaks	UK phone hacking scandal: The News of the World didn't go far enough	GB Murdoch voicemail
17.12.2006	The Independent	Police: we were bugged in effort to halt BAe Saudi arms inquiry	GB SA
10.12.2006	the guardian	US bugged Diana's phone on night of death crash	US GB
11.06.2001	The Register	US expands Echelon spying in UK	GB US echelon privacy sigint nsa
16.05.2001	The register	Eurocops want seven-year retention of all phone, Net traffic	sigint privacy lawful interception europol
02.04.2001	cryptome.org	Intelligence and Security: Committee	GB
12.02.2001	cryptome.org	INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY COMMITTEE: Annual Report 1999-2000	GB / GCHQ
03.12.2000	cryptome.org	NCIS SUBMISSION ON COMMUNICATIONS DATA RETENTION LAW	GB Data Retention

1990 - 1999

Date	Source	Title	Tags
16.07.1999	independent (via cryptome)	HOW BRITAIN EAVESDROPPED ON DUBLIN	GCHQ / GB / IE
16.07.1999	independent (via cryptome)	DUBLIN WANTS TO KNOW WHY UK SNOOPED	GCHQ / GB / IE
04.12.1998	cryptome.org	UK Government Information (In)Security Organisations	GCHQ GB

Resources

• http://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Intercept_Modernisation