A sleeper agent running a spy ring has been uncovered by the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation as they revealed foreign interference is at an all-time high with more overseas agents operating inside the country than during the Cold War.
ASIO uncovers sleeper agent running spy ring in Australia as foreign interference reaches all-time highA sleeper agent running a spy ring has been uncovered by the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation as they revealed foreign interference is at an all-time high with more overseas agents operating inside the country than at the height of the Cold War.
Delivering the Annual Threat Assessment in Canberra on Monday night, ASIO Director-General Mike Burgess said "ASIO has uncovered cases where foreign spies have travelled to Australia with the intention of setting up sophisticated hacking infrastructure targeting computers containing sensitive and classified information”. “And perhaps most disturbingly, hostile intelligence services have directly threatened and intimidated Australians in this country," he said.
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