British spies turn to dark web to recruit Russian agents, access secrets

LONDON (Reuters) -British spies are to use the digital shadows of the dark web to recruit informants and allow them to receive secret information from agents in Russia and worldwide, Britain's foreign ministry said on Thursday. The Secret Intelligence Service, Britain's foreign spy agency known as MI6, is to use a dark web portal called Silent Courier, which will allow people to securely pass on details about illicit activities anywhere in the world, or offer their own services. "Today we're asking those with sensitive information on global instability, international terrorism or hostile state intelligence activity to contact MI6 securely online," MI6 chief Richard Moore will say when he formally announces the plans in a speech in Istanbul on Friday.