Top secret security service MI5 is launching an Instagram account

SPOOKS will give Brits their first ever glimpse inside MI5’s top secret HQ tomorrow – by launching an Instagram account.

Until now only spies, government officials and a handful of visitors have ever set foot inside Thames House on London’s Millbank.

But after 112 years, the Security Service has decided to let the public get a sneak peek by launching @mi5official.

Director General Ken McCallum – MI5’s youngest-ever boss – personally gave the green light for the move in a bid to drive up recruitment among millennials.

Sources said the account aimed to reach a new generation in their teens and 20s prepared for serve in the shadows for Queen and country.

MI5’s first Instagram post is expected to go live this morning.

The account will also aim to bust popular myths about life as a spook and lift the lid on the Service’s history.

Followers will get to see exhibits from MI5’s own museum, housed in the the HQ’s basement.

The account will also host Q&A sessions with serving intelligence officers.

And the public will get the chance to find out more about some of MI5’s most secretive jobs, like being an agent runner or a surveillance officer.

In his first media engagement as the new Director General in October 2020, Ken McCallum explained: “If I want one thing to characterise my tenure in this role, it’s for MI5 to open up and reach out in new ways.”

And he added: “Much of what we do needs to remain invisible, but what we are doesn’t have to be. In fact, opening up is key to our future success.”

MI5 follows GCHQ and NCSC in joining Instagram. And new MI6 boss Richard Moore – better known to 007 fans as “M” – began using Twitter last year.