ASIO head Mike Burgess says more Australians are being targeted by foreign espionage agencies than ever before.
More Australians than ever before are being targeted by foreign espionage agencies, security chief Mike Burgess says, revealing ASIO has foiled multiple plots, including breaking up a “hive of spies” and attempts to cultivate journalists and judicial figures.had seen a “distinct uptick” in the defence contractors being targeted online.
Mr Burgess said multiple nations were using espionage and interference to covertly understand and influence political decision-making, recruit elected officials, public servants and business figures to their cause, steal intellectual property, harass diaspora communities, identify vulnerabilities in essential services and slow down Australia’s military modernisation.
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