Government Communications Headquarters

Also known as: Government Communications Headquarters, Operation Socialist

Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ)[39] – Signals intelligence gathering and analysis.

🌍 Country United Kingdom

Associated Operations

2009 2010 Breach of the infrastructure of the Belgian telecommunications company Belgacom. GCHQ intercepted foreign politicians' communications at G20 summits Operation Socialist https://theintercept.com/2014/12/13/belgacom-hack-gchq-inside-story/ https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2013/jun/16/gchq-intercepted-communications-g20-summits

Introduction

Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ)[39] – Signals intelligence gathering and analysis.

Activities and Tactics

Country of Origin: 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

Notable Campaigns

  • 2009
  • 2010
  • Breach of the infrastructure of the Belgian telecommunications company Belgacom.
  • GCHQ intercepted foreign politicians’ communications at G20 summits
  • Operation Socialist
  • https://theintercept.com/2014/12/13/belgacom-hack-gchq-inside-story/
  • https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2013/jun/16/gchq-intercepted-communications-g20-summits

Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs)

Information pending cataloguing.

Notable Indicators of Compromise (IOCs)

No curated IOCs are currently published for this actor. This section will be updated when stable, attributable indicators are available.

Malware and Tools

  • Regin:

Attribution and Evidence

Country of Origin: United Kingdom Additional attribution information pending cataloguing.

References

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