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

The Foreign Office said Thursday that MI6 is aiming to recruit new spies for the U.K., including in Russia, through the launch of a web portal on the dark web.

It said that the agency's new secure messaging platform, called “Silent Courier," will harness the anonymity of the dark web for the first time as it seeks to bolster the U.K.'s defenses against global instability, international terrorism and hostile state intelligence activity.

The platform will enable anyone, anywhere in the world who has access to sensitive information relating to terrorism or hostile intelligence activity to securely contact the U.K. and offer their services.

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