Subj : UKs MI6 opens dark web portal Silent Courier to recruit Russian s
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Date : Fri Sep 19 2025 17:30:09

UKs MI6 opens dark web portal Silent Courier to recruit Russian spies

Date:
Fri, 19 Sep 2025 16:26:00 +0000

Description:
MI6 Silent Courier dark web platform looks to encourage Russian spies to 
share information securely with the UK intelligence agency.

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dark web portal launched by MI6 offers new contact route for potential 
informants Agency hopes Silent Courier will attract Russian sources and 
others with secrets MI6 provides Tor and VPN guidance to help informants 
protect their identities 

British intelligence agency MI6 has launched a new dark web portal designed 
to help it make secure contact with potential informants in Russia and around 
the world. 

The new Silent Courier platform is designed to allow individuals with 
sensitive information to send messages to the agency without exposing their 
identity. 

Outgoing MI6 chief Richard Moore is expected to confirm the launch during a 
speech in Istanbul. Today were asking those with sensitive information on 
global instability, international terrorism or hostile state intelligence 
activity to contact MI6 securely online, Moore will say, according to a 
Foreign Office statement. Our virtual door is open to you. Carefully reviewed 

The spy agency has published multilingual guidance explaining how to use the 
system on its official YouTube channel, which you can watch below. 

The steps, should you wish to follow them, include downloading the Tor 
browser , running a reliable VPN , and using a device not linked to your 
personal identity. 

If this was the late 1990s or early 2000s, and a movie, that would probably 
involve setting up camp in an internet caf. 

Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper said the new approach is part of efforts to 
keep the UK one step ahead of adversaries, noting, our world-class 
intelligence agencies are at the coalface of this challenge, working behind 
the scenes to keep British people safe." 

The move echoes a strategy adopted by the US Central Intelligence Agency, 
which has also tried to attract Russian agents online following a damaging 
breach in China that exposed its networks. 

Silent Courier represents the first time MI6 has offered a dedicated platform 
on the dark web. 

The agency stressed that all information sent through the system will be 
carefully reviewed. 

Moore, who has been chief of MI6 for five years, is due to step down soon, 
and will be replaced by Blaise Metreweli, who will become the first woman to 
head the service. 

For a service often closely associated with James Bond, the launch shows the 
way real-world modern espionage is increasingly shaped by technology rather 
than martinis and Aston Martins. 

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