Thread by @AllForOsint

Hey #OSINT, did you enjoy Christmas? 🤶 Here's a list of signal intelligence agencies around the world (which send Santa the naughty list) 🕵️

1. UK 🇬🇧 - Government Communications Headquarters
Formed: 1 November 1919; 103 years ago (as Government Code and Cypher School)
commonly known as GCHQ
Headquarters: The Doughnut, Hubble Road, Cheltenham, England, United Kingdom
official site: gchq.gov.uk

2. Netherlands 🇳🇱 - Inlichtingen-en Algemene Veiligheidsdienst
Formed: 30 May 2002; 20 years ago
The AIVD focuses mostly on domestic non-military threats to Dutch national security
Headquarters: Europaweg 4, Zoetermeer, Netherlands
official site: english.aivd.nl

3. France 🇫🇷 - Direction générale de la Sécurité extérieure
Formed: 2 April 1982; 40 years ago
The DGSE is directly supervised by the Ministry of Armed Forces.
Headquarters: 141 Boulevard Mortier, Paris XX, France
official site: dgse.gouv.fr/fr

4. Spain 🇪🇸 - Servicio de Información de la Guardia Civil
Formed: February 24, 1941; 81 years ago
Headquarters: Madrid, Spain
official site: guardiacivil.es

5. South Africa 🇿🇦 - Electronic Communications Security
Formed: 2003
COMSEC (formally Electronic Communications Security (Pty) Ltd) is a company owned by the Government through its National Intelligence Agency.
Headquarters: Cape Town

6. Egypt 🇪🇬 - Gihaz al-Mukhabarat al-Amma
Formed: 1954; 68 years ago
The Egyptian Intelligence service is considered to be the 5th most active intelligence service globally.
Headquarters: Cairo

7. Norway 🇳🇴 - Etterretningstjenesten
Formed: 1915
Headquarters: Lutvann, Oslo
official site: forsvaret.no/en/organisatio…

8. Germany 🇩🇪 - Bundesnachrichtendienst
Formed: 1 April 1956; 66 years ago
Headquarters: Berlin
official site: bnd.bund.de

9. Ethiopia 🇪🇹 - Information Network Security Agency
Formed: 2006
Headquarters: Addis Ababa
official site: insa.gov.et

10. Sweden 🇸🇪 - National Defence Radio Establishment
Formed: 1 July 1942
Headquarters: Rörbyvägen, Lovön, Ekerö Municipality, Stockholm County
official site: fra.se

11. Italy 🇮🇹 - Dipartimento delle Informazioni per la Sicurezza
Formed: 3 August 2007
Headquarters: Piazza Dante 25, Rome
official site: sicurezzanazionale.gov.it

12. Poland 🇵🇱 - Agencja Wywiadu
Formed: 29 June 2002
Headquarters: Miłobędzka St., Warsaw
official site: aw.gov.pl

13. Russia 🇷🇺 - Special Communications Service of Russia (Служба специальной связи и информации)
Formed: March 11, 2003; 19 years ago
Headquarters: Moscow
official site: fso.gov.ru/struct/sssi/

14. Israel 🇮🇱 - Unit 8200
Formed: 1952
According to the Director of Military Sciences at the Royal United Services Institute, "Unit 8200 is probably the foremost technical intelligence agency in the world and stands on a par with the NSA in everything except scale."

15. United Arab Emirates 🇦🇪 - Signals Intelligence Agency
Formed: 2012
formerly known as National Electronic Security Authority (NESA)
In December 2019, New York Times reported that SIA used ToTok, a messaging app widely used by Emirati public, to record users data.

16. Singapore 🇸🇬 - Security and Intelligence Division
Formed: 17 February 1966; 56 years ago
official site: sid.gov.sg

17. China 🇨🇳 - Ministry of State Security
Formed: 1 July 1983; 39 years ago
Headquarters: Xiyuan, Haidian, Beijing
official site: 12339.gov.cn

18. Indonesia 🇮🇩 - Badan Siber dan Sandi Negara
Formed: 19 Mei 2017
Headquarters: Jalan Raya Muchtar 70 Bojongsari, Depok, Jawa Barat – 16516
official site: bssn.go.id

19. Philippine 🇵🇭 - National Intelligence Coordinating Agency
Formed: July 10, 1949; 73 years ago
Headquarters: Quezon City
official site: nica.gov.ph

20. Brunei 🇧🇳 - Internal Security Department
Formed: August 1, 1993
Headquarters: Jalan Utama Mentiri, Kampong Sungai Tilong
official site: isd.gov.bn/SitePages/Intr…

21. South Korea 🇰🇷 - Intelligence and Security Bureau
Formed: 13 June 1961; 61 years ago
Headquarters: Naegok-dong, Seocho District, Seoul
official site: nis.go.kr

22. Japan 🇯🇵 - Koanchosa-cho
Formed: July 21, 1952; 70 years ago
Headquarters: Chiyoda, Tokyo
official site: moj.go.jp/psia/index.html

23. Australia 🇦🇺 - Australian Signals Directorate
Formed: 12 November 1947; 75 years ago
Headquarters: Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
official site: asd.gov.au

24. USA 🇺🇸 - National Security Agency
Formed: November 4, 1952; 70 years ago
Headquarters: Fort Meade, Maryland
official site: nsa.gov

25. New Zealand 🇳🇿 - Government Communication Security Bureau
Formed: 1977; 45 years ago
Headquarters: Pipitea House, 1–15 Pipitea Street, Wellington
official site: gcsb.govt.nz

26. Canada 🇨🇦 - Communications Security Establishment
Formed: 1946
Headquarters: Ottawa, Ontario
official site: cse-cst.gc.ca

27. Brazil 🇧🇷 - Brazilian Intelligence Agency
Formed: 7 December 1999; 23 years ago
Headquarters: Brasília
official site: gov.br/abin/pt-br

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