Australia’s top spy chief has revealed how ASIO has been pressured to ease up on espionage operations, despite an increase in attacks from overseas spy agencies.
In his fourth annual threat assessment speech, Director-General Mike Burgess detailed how ASIO removed a major spy network of highly trained spies who were placed in Australia.
Mr Burgess also disclosed how journalists, military veterans, judicial figures, and a diaspora in communities are all being targeted by foreign agencies in record numbers. According to Mr Burgess, his security agency’s workload is at the highest level in its 74-year history.
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