MI6's new platform will let anyone with access to sensitive information to securely contact the UK. Photo: AP PHOTO

Britain's spy agency is going dark - the dark web, specifically - for new recruits.

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MI6 was aiming to recruit new spies for the UK, including in Russia, through the launch of a web portal on the dark web, the Foreign Office said.

It said the agency's new secure messaging platform, Silent Courier, would harness the anonymity of the dark web for the first time as it seeks to bolster the UK's defences against global instability, international terrorism and hostile state

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