Platform to allow people to securely pass on information anywhere in the world, or offer their own services to MI6.<\/p>\n
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The United Kingdom\u2019s spy agency is set to launch a web portal on the dark web to recruit informants and receive secret information from agents in Russia and worldwide, Britain\u2019s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has said.<\/p>\n
The Secret Intelligence Service, known as MI6, will officially announce the launch of the secure messaging platform called \u201cSilent Courier\u201d on Friday.<\/p>\n
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It is aimed at harnessing the anonymity of the dark web \u2013 the murky, hidden part of the internet often used by criminal actors \u2013 and allowing anyone, anywhere in the world, to securely contact the UK spy agency.<\/p>\n
Users of the portal can securely pass on details about illicit activities anywhere in the world, or offer their own services, according to a Foreign Office statement.<\/p>\n
Outgoing MI6 chief Sir Richard Moore \u2013 who is due to hand over to Blaise Metreweli later this month \u2013 will officially launch the web portal in Istanbul on Friday.<\/p>\n
\u201cToday we\u2019re asking those with sensitive information on global instability, international terrorism or hostile state intelligence activity to contact MI6 securely online,\u201d Moore is set to say when he formally announces the plans.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur virtual door is open to you,\u201d he will add.<\/p>\n
Instructions on how to use the portal will be publicly available on MI6\u2019s verified YouTube channel.<\/p>\n
Users have been encouraged to access it through VPNs and devices not linked to themselves.<\/p>\n
MI6 was established in 1909 but was not officially acknowledged by the UK government until the 1990s.<\/p>\n
The spy agency operates from the iconic SIS Building on the banks of the River Thames in London and only its head \u2013 known as \u201cC\u201d \u2013 is a publicly named member of the service.<\/p>\n