Former GCHQ Intern Pleads Guilty to National Security Data Breach

Hasaan Arshad admitted to transferring top secret information to personal devices, with sentencing set for June 2025.

Hasaan Arshad, a former GCHQ intern, pleaded guilty to unauthorized acts risking national security under the Computer Misuse Act.
The breach involved transferring top secret data from a secure GCHQ computer to his personal devices in August 2022.
Arshad admitted to the offense on the basis of recklessness, according to his lawyer, Nina Grahame KC.
He also previously admitted to unrelated charges of possessing indecent images of children, further complicating the case.
Sentencing for all charges is scheduled for June 13, 2025, with parts of the proceedings held in private due to the classified nature of the data.