Tag: gchq

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QuantumMarch 16, 2023

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UK spy agency: Don’t feed LLMs with sensitive corporate data

AIMarch 15, 2023

The UK government's spy agency is warning corporations of the risks of feeding sensitive data into public large language models, including ChatGPT, saying they...

Mandated action on multiple parties is needed for APP fraud prevention (John Bertrand)

FintechNovember 30, 2022

Over the last three months, The House of Lords, European Commission and the Payment System Regulator (PSR) published detailed reports and proposals on how to...

Paying ransomware crooks won’t reduce your legal risk, warns regulator

Cyber SecurityJuly 12, 2022

by Paul Ducklin Paying money to ransomware criminals is a contentious issue. After all, ransomware demands boil down to one thing, whether you know it in everyday...

Russia-Ukraine: Threat of Local Cyber Operations Escalating Into Global Cyberwar

Cyber SecurityMarch 7, 2022

Russia/Ukraine and the Danger of Local Cyber Operations Escalating into Global Cyberwar

British Spy Agencies “Spoil” Wordle For Each Other

GamingFebruary 4, 2022

Wordle appears to be reaching all corners of the world--even inspiring MI6 boss Richard Moore and another British intelligence agency, GCHQ, to exchange posts about the word game on Twitter.

Moore posted about wanting to unfollow people who posted their Wordle results, and GCHQ's official Twitter account replied with a tongue-in-cheek response--a photoshopped "Sorry" in Wordle.

For those who don't play Wordle, the myriad of cryptic boxes flooding Twitter feeds every morning must be a pain to swipe through. However, this can be easily solved by muting the word #Wordle.

Thinking of unfollowing those who post their #Wordle results…
— Richard Moore (@ChiefMI6) February 2, 2022

https://t.co/sEV4CXBisC pic.twitter.com/1lwOHD7tNx
— GCHQ (@GCHQ) February 2, 2022

One can only imagine MI6's famous fictional spy, James Bond's, response to Wordle. (Would he even have a Twitter account? Can you have a Twitter account if you're a top-secret spy?)

Recently, Wordle was acquired by the New York Times for a low seven-figure sum. It will remain free "initially." But fear not, there's a way to get Wordle for free permanently with a simple right-click. If you're looking for other games like Wordle, you can check out our list of seven games similar to Wordle.