GCHQ

GCHQ Government Communications Headquarters - UK Intelligence Agencies

Official Coordinates

Cheltenham

United Kingdom

Stations

SIGINT/COMINT Stations and Operators

Name	Location	Operator	Capabilities
TROODOS	Ayios Nikolaos (CY)	GCHQ

Hanslope Park

Date	Source	Title	Tags
01.08.2003	cryptome.org	Eyeballing the Hanslope Park Intelligence Station	GCHQ

Resources

• GCHQ programs
• GCHQ Presentation Excerpt from G20 Spying 201304 (released by Guardian 20130616)

Sources

• http://www.fas.org/irp/world/uk/gchq/index.html

Pictures

Date	Source	Title	Tags
16.07.2003	cryptome.org	Eyeballing the Government Communications Headquarters GCHQ	GCHQ

Articles / Events / Situations

201X

2013

Date	Source	Title	Tags
20131004	theguardian.com	NSA and GCHQ target Tor network that protects anonymity of web users	NSA / GCHQ
20131003	theguardian.com	The Snowden files: why the British public should be worried about GCHQ - When the Guardian offered John Lanchester access to the GCHQ files, the journalist and novelist was initially unconvinced. But what the papers told him was alarming: that Britain is sliding towards an entirely new kind of surveillance society	GB / GCHQ
20130920	slate.com	U.K. Hacked Belgian Phone Company in "Op Socialist" Spy Mission, Snowden Reveals	BELGACOM / GCHQ
20130920	rt.com	‘Operation Socialist’: UK spy agency behind Belgian telecom hack	BELGACOM / GCHQ
20130920	spiegel.de	Belgacom Attack: Britain's GCHQ Hacked Belgian Telecoms Firm	BELGACOM / GCHQ
20130920	spiegel.de	Spähangriff auf Belgacom: Britischer Geheimdienst hackte belgische Telefongesellschaft	BELGACOM / GCHQ
20130910	techdirt.com	FLYING PIG: The NSA Is Running Man In The Middle Attacks Imitating Google's Servers	NSA / GCHQ / FLYING PIG / GOOGLE
20130910	heise.de	Überwachung: Schwedischer Geheimdienst leitete Daten an NSA	SE / FRA / NSA / GCHQ
20130909	fm4.orf.at	Wie NSA und GCHQ Verschlüsselung unterminieren: Das neueste, bekanntgewordene NSA-Projekt "Bullrun" sieht dem "Facebook-Überwachungsstandard" des European Telecom Standards Institute frappierend ähnlich.	ETSI / NSA / GCHQ / BULLRUN / EDGEHILL
20130907	spiegel.de	NSA-Affäre: "Champagner!"	NSA / GCHQ / BLACKBERRY
20130906	theguardian.com	Revealed: how US and UK spy agencies defeat internet privacy and security	NSA / GCHQ / TURMOIL / LONGHAUL / BULLRUN
20130905	nytimes.com	N.S.A. Able to Foil Basic Safeguards of Privacy on Web	NSA / GCHQ / BULLRUN / EDGEHILL
20130906	rt.com	The big three: Sweden reacts to report of intel cooperation with NSA, GCHQ	SE / FRA / NSA / GCHQ
20130829	smh.com.au	Spy agency taps undersea cables	AU / DSD / ASIO / SEA-ME-WE-3 / GCHQ
20130828	matthewaid.tumblr.com	Australian SIGINT Agency Tapping Underseas Fiber Optic Cables With Cooperation of U.S. and Singapore	AU / GCHQ / SEA-ME-WE-3
20130828	sueddeutsche.de	British Officials Have Far-Reaching Access To Internet And Telephone Communications	GCHQ / TAT-14 / AC1 / CIRCE NORTH / CIRCE SOUTH / FA-1 , FEA / SEA-ME-WE-3 / SEA-ME-WE-4 / SOLAS / UK-France 3 / UK-Netherlands 14 / ULYSSES / AC2 / PEC
20130828	sueddeutsche.de	Internet-Überwachung: Britischer Geheimdienst zapft Daten aus Deutschland ab	DE / GCHQ / SEA-ME-WE-3 / SEA-ME-WE-4 / AC1
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	theguardian.com	BT and Vodafone among telecoms companies passing details to GCHQ - Fears of customer backlash over breach of privacy as firms give GCHQ unlimited access to their undersea cables	GCHQ / VERIZON / BRITISH TELECOM / VODAFONE / GLOBAL CROSSING / LEVEL 3 / VIATEL / INTEROUTE
20130802	spiegel.de	Internetüberwachung: Telekom-Riesen helfen den Geheimdiensten	GCHQ / VERIZON / BRITISH TELECOM / VODAFONE / GLOBAL CROSSING / LEVEL 3 / VIATEL / INTEROUTE
20130802	rt.com	Telecom giants give GCHQ unlimited access to networks, develop own spyware – Snowden leaks	GCHQ / VERIZON / BRITISH TELECOM / VODAFONE / GLOBAL CROSSING / LEVEL 3 / VIATEL / INTEROUTE
20130802	tagesschau.de	Telekommunikationsfirmen helfen beim Abhören: Geheimdienste nutzen Firmendienste	GCHQ / VERIZON / BRITISH TELECOM / VODAFONE / GLOBAL CROSSING / LEVEL 3 / VIATEL / INTEROUTE
20130802	sueddeutsche.de	Snowden enthüllt Namen der spähenden Telekomfirmen	GCHQ / VERIZON / BRITISH TELECOM / VODAFONE / GLOBAL CROSSING / LEVEL 3 / VIATEL / INTEROUTE
20130801	spiegel.de	"Guardian"-Bericht: USA investieren Millionen in britischen Geheimdienst	GCHQ / NSA
20130801	guardian.co.uk	GCHQ: inside the top secret world of Britain's biggest spy agency	GCHQ
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
20130707	guardian.co.uk	The NSA/GCHQ metadata reassurances are breathtakingly cynical - The public is being told that the NSA and GCHQ have 'only' been collecting metadata, not content. That's nothing to be thankful for	Metadata / NSA / GCHQ
20130707	spiegel.de	Geheimdienst-Überwachung: Die Macht der britischen Datensauger	GCHQ / TEMPORA
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
20130702	spiegel.de	US-Datenskandal: Amerikas millionenfacher Rechtsbruch	US / NSA / DE / EU / 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
20130627	focus.de	NSA, GCHQ – Prism, Tempora: So überwachen uns die Geheimdienste über das Internet	NSA / GCHQ / PRISM / TEMPORA / CARNIVORE / AT&T / NARUS
20130626	tagesschau.de	Deutsche Fragen zum "Tempora"-Programm - Drei Zeilen aus London	DE / GB / GCHQ / TEMPORA
20130625	sueddeutsche.de	So schöpfen die Spione Ihrer Majestät deutsche Daten ab	TAT-14 / DE / TEMPORA / GCHQ
20130625	guardian.co.uk	Who authorised the NSA and GCHQ to spy on Germans? The US and Britain claim they have operated within the law. But they are not our laws and we shouldn't be subject to them.	DE / NSA / GCHQ
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	Angelsächsische Web-Spionage: Fünf Augen für Angela	DE / NSA / GCHQ
20130624	spiegel.de	Überwachungsprogramm: Tempora lässt die Briten kalt	GB / GCHQ / TEMPORA
20130624	spiegel.de	Internetüberwachung: Schnüffelprogramme beschäftigen den Bundestag	DE / NSA / GCHQ
20130624	sueddeutsche.de	Nachrichtendienst GCHQ: Briten schöpfen deutsches Internet ab	DE / GCHQ / TAT-14 / TEMPORA / GCHQ BUDE
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	guardian.co.uk	Snowden spy row grows as US is accused of hacking China - Whistleblower charged with espionage reportedly claims US authorities accessed millions of private text messages in China	US / NSA / GCHQ / CN
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	wired.com	U.K. Spy Agency Secretly Taps Over 200 Fiber-Optic Cables, Shares Data With the NSA	GCHQ / NSA
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	How does GCHQ's internet surveillance work? Learn more about the system for collecting content and metadata, and what GCHQ can do with it	GCHQ / NSA
20130621	guardian.co.uk	Mastering the internet: how GCHQ set out to spy on the world wide web: Project Tempora – the evolution of a secret programme to capture vast amounts of web and phone data	GCHQ / TEMPORA / NSA
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	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	How GCHQ stepped up spying on South African foreign ministry - UK hoped to find out everything it could about negotiating position of Thabo Mbeki's government	GCHQ / NSA / ZA
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
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
20130610	gurdian.co.uk	GCHQ-NSA revelations - Hague responds: Politics live blog	GCHQ / NSA
20130524	theregister.co.uk	INSIDE GCHQ: Welcome to Cheltenham's cottage industry: 'If this nerve centre didn't exist, neither would I' says Reg man	GCHQ

2010

Date	Source	Title	Tags
20101230	cryptome.org	GCHQ Bude Tempora Surveillance Station	GCHQ BUDE / GCHQ
20100628	newstatesman.com	GCHQ: the Uncensored Story of Britain's Most Secret Intelligence Agency	GCHQ

200X

2009

Date	Source	Title	Tags
23.12.2009	cryptome.org	The Modern Spook's Wish List	GCHQ / ETSI-LI
02.12.2009	crypome.org	The Modern Spook's Data Retention Wish List	GCHQ / ETSI / EU / Data Retention
22.11.2009	cryptome.org	Government Spy's Details Leaked Online	GCHQ
18.06.2009	secret-bases.co.uk	A funny thing happened on: the way to the GCHQ Doughnut	GCHQ
20090503	theregister.co.uk	Jacqui's secret plan to 'Master the Internet' - 'Climb down' on central database was 'a sideshow'	MASTERING THE INTERNET / GCHQ / DETICA

2005

Date	Source	Title	Tags
01.10.2005	cryptome.org	GCHQ Patent: Split-Key cryptographic system	GCHQ

2004

Date	Source	Title	Tags
15.06.2004	cryptome.org	ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE - UNCENSORED	GCHQ

2003

Date	Source	Title	Tags
27.11.2003	cryptome.org	Eyeballing Katherine Gun - GCHQ officer: "I leaked email to save lives"	GCHQ / GUN, KATHERINE
16.11.2003	cryptome.org	Straw pressed on UN bugging	GCHQ / UN
13.11.2003	cryptome.org	Ex-GCHQ woman charged over 'leak'	GCHQ / GUN, KATHERINE
09.03.2003	cryptome.org	GCHQ arrest over Observer spying report - Eyeballing Frank Kozza and the National Security Agency	GCHQ / NSA / KOZZA, FRANK

2001

Date	Source	Title	Tags
12.02.2001	cryptome.org	INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY COMMITTEE: Annual Report 1999-2000	GB / GCHQ

2000

Date	Source	Title	Tags
05.05.2000	cryptome.org	PADDIES JOIN GLOBAL SPY NETWORK	GCHQ / IE / ECHELON
30.01.2000	cryptome.org	USA Spys Economic Information of EU-Countries: Electronic spying system breaks encryption programs.	GCHQ / ECHELON / EU

199X

1999

Date	Source	Title	Tags
16.11.1999	cryptome.org	MEETING OF THE WHITEHALL PMC GROUP	GCHQ
08.10.1999	cryptome.org	Diffie on GCHQ/CESG PK Forgery Allegation	GCHQ
06.10.1999	cryptome.org	Is GCHQ/CESG Invention of PK True?	GCHQ
06.10.1999	cryptome.org	The Alternative History of Public-Key Cryptography	GCHQ
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
13.03.1999	cryptome.org	Government Communications Headquarters Statues]	GCHQ

1998

Date	Source	Title	Tags
04.12.1998	cryptome.org	UK Government Information (In)Security Organisations	GCHQ GB
199805	heise.de	Abhör-Dschungel: Geheimdienste lesen ungeniert mit -- Grundrechte werden abgebaut	DE / NSA / ECHELON / GCHQ / BND

1997

Date	Source	Title	Tags
1997	Ross Anderson	The GCHQ Protocol and its Problems	GCHQ

Books

Author	Publisher	Title	Year	ISBN	Tags
ALDRICH, RICHARD	Harpercollins UK	GCHQ	2011	978-0007312665	GCHQ