Electronic surveillance

The spy base where real-life British 'Qs' collaborated with CIA to hack TVs and phones

A secretive branch of Britain’s intelligence services which is home to real life ‘Qs’ fictionalised in James Bond was behind the hacking of mobile phones and televisions revealed in a series of leaked CIA documents.

Her Majesty’s Government Communications Centre (HMGCC) is identified in the Wikileaks files as the British intelligence agency that collaborated with the CIA in breaking into the operating systems of iPhones.

It is understood that HMGCC was also involved in helping MI5 to develop software to enable secret services to spy on targets through Samsung internet-connected television.