GCHQ intern risked national security taking home top secret data on his mobile

Hasaan Arshad downloaded the top secret data from a top secret computer in a secure room at the UK’s intelligence agency (Picture: Getty)

A GCHQ intern put the UK’s national security at risk when he downloaded top secret data onto his phone and took it home.

Hasaan Arshad, a 25-year-old from Rochdale, pleaded guilty to an offence under the Computer Misuse Act at the Old Bailey today.

While doing a year-long placement at the intelligence agency, Arshad connected his work mobile to a supposedly secure...