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Social spies

Britain’s legendary MI5 is the latest espionage agency to join Instagram, soaring to blue- ticked, celebrity-influencer status with its first, skyward post from inside its London HQ. The CIA, Mossad, and GCHQ are all posting on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook as well. What fascinating secrets are they revealing?

 

INSTASPY

 

NSA networking

Edward Snowden exposed the extent of the US National Security Agency’s internet spying and phone eavesdropping back in 2013 but the prying goes much, much deeper. The NSA is quietly mapping your every move on social media. It’s called ‘precomputed contact chaining’ and it's a powerful secret tool.

 

SOCIAL SPYING

 

Spy culture wars

US spies aren’t just tweeting puzzles and posting Instagram photos from deep inside Langley. Long before social media, the FBI and CIA secretly funded films, promoted music, even designed stamps! Find out how superspies pulled the levers behind Hollywood’s biggest hits well before Facebook was even invented! 

 

I SPY

 

Spy art

Is the CIA’s ‘secret’ art collection at Langley HQ coded with ciphers buried in abstract art? The rumors have persisted for decades but as more and more photos of the collection appear online, the public can finally decide for themselves if hidden messages lie beneath the brush strokes. 

 

SECRET ART

 

True Spies

Millions have seen Ben Affleck’s Academy Award-winning film Argo which focuses on a US government ‘extractor’ who frees American hostages in Iran. What about the real-life mission, however? SPYSCAPE’s own Oscar-nominated Vanessa Kirby meets Mark and Cora Lijek, two ordinary American diplomats who took part in one of the most daring espionage operations in CIA history.

 

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Spy connections

When the US arrested Dickson Yeo for spying on China’s behalf, he admitted using LinkedIn and a fake consulting company to target Americans for business intelligence. Yeo’s not alone. Britain’s MI5 says the professional social media app is a goldmine for foreign spies snooping on government staff and others with confidential information. 

 

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