While it's surprising that secret MI6 (AKA SIS) documents should show up in something sold on eBay, it shouldn't be that surprising. After all, personal banking information showed up on a hard drive sold on eBay, and so did Democratic party data, on a different hard drive.

Britain's spy masters have come out of the shadows and onto the airwaves as they hunt for new members, sending real-life 007s out on a recruiting drive.

Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) has opened a criminal investigation into allegations that Britain's foreign intelligence service, MI6, recruited a Russian man for spying, RFE/RL's Russian Service reported.