The Buzz | Harry Potter: GCHQ ‘intervened over ‘Half-Blood Prince’ leak’

GCHQ, the UK’s surveillance agency, intervened to help prevent the sixth Harry Potter installment leaking online, the book’s publisher has said.
Bloomsbury’s Nigel Newton said GCHQ contacted him in 2005 after it apparently discovered an early copy of “The Half Blood-Prince” on the internet, BBC reported.
However, after a page was read to an editor, it was determined to be fake.
A spokesperson for GCHQ told the Sunday Times: “We don’t comment on our defence against the dark arts.”
According to the BBC, GCHQ is a secret intelligence agency which monitors electronic communication to prevent terrorism and tackle serious and organized crime.