Britain’s MI6 to Use Dark Web to Find New Recruits

The British overseas intelligence agency announced the launch of a secure dark web portal known as Secret Courier to allow people to discreetly contact them.
Britain’s MI6 to Use Dark Web to Find New Recruits
MI6 headquarters in London on Aug. 17, 2018. Dan Kitwood /Getty Images
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Britain’s MI6 has announced a move to use the dark web to recruit informants and allow them to receive secret information from agents around the world, the UK Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office (FCDO) announced on Friday.

The Secret Intelligence Service—Britain’s equivalent to the CIA—known in common parlance as MI6, has launched a dark web portal named “Silent Courier,” which will allow users to securely pass on information and offer their services to the service from any corner of the globe.

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