Overview
- The Foreign Office released extracts of Blaise Metreweli’s first public speech setting out a technology-driven direction for MI6.
- Metreweli says officers must be as comfortable with code as with human sources, citing Python proficiency as a core skill.
- She characterizes Russia as aggressive and expansionist and accuses the Kremlin of deliberately exporting instability.
- The UK last week sanctioned several Russian outlets for information warfare and two China-based companies over sweeping cyber activity.
- Metreweli pledges sustained UK intelligence support for Ukraine and brings a tech background as MI6’s first female chief.