Arts+Culture / NewsGCHQ is trying to recruit east Londoners with ‘graffiti’Losing a little faith in our national security hereShareLink copied ✔️November 13, 2015Arts+CultureNewsText Dominique Sisley Do you like overpriced coffee beans and magazine launches? Do you enjoy that Bitcoin dispensers exist? Do you closely observe strangers for no reason? Well, if so, I've got good af news fy rn irl – because, according to a weird new advertising campaign, you're probably the perfect candidate to guard the UK's national security. Apparently, spy agency GCHQ, Britain's answer to the NSA, has decided to look to London's Shoreditch for their next wave of employees – and they're not exactly being stealth about it. Using “cool” “reverse” “graffiti” ads, the company is trying to lure prospective talent away from the East End's technological start-ups, by using the only language they'll understand. There are GCHQ recruitment ads all over Shoreditch pic.twitter.com/auku5a1rGe— James Cook (@JamesLiamCook) November 10, 2015 The stencilled ads, which have been spotted in various locations around the area, read: “GCH-WHO? Technical Opportunities GCHQ-Careers.co.uk.” The company's press office confirmed to i100.co.uk that the ads were 100% real, and that they were an attempt to experiment with “innovative ways of reaching the people we would like to recruit”. And, given that there are over 1.5 million cybercrimes in the world each day, I'm sure they're getting pretty desperate. So, if you're interested – and fancy moving to offices in Cheltenham, Bude or Scarborough – you know what to do. Escape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.TrendingThese photos capture moments of beauty and surprise in Mexico CityCo-edited by Nan Goldin, Órale: Love and Death in Mexico City is the only photo book by the late Michel Hurst. Here, his partner Robert Swope discusses Hurst’s work and their decades-long love affairArt & PhotographyFashionStreet style: Parisians strip off at a sweltering Fête de la Musique PumaLife & CultureMeet freestyle footballer Janella HernandezArt & PhotographyThese photos portray life on a tropical island as a beautiful prisonBeautyIn pictures: Lesbians take London for the Dyke March 2026BeautyBella Hadid: ‘Home is within our own hearts’Beauty10 of the hottest Instagram accounts fusing art, sex and eroticaFilm & TV9 great films you can watch on YouTube for freeLife & CultureHaving a landline is now the ultimate post-digital flexEscape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy