ASIO boss Mike Burgess reveals that a foreign intelligence service recruited a former Australian politician and warns about the breadth of their intelligence activities in Australia.
A foreign intelligence service recruited a former Australian politician who “sold out their country” and even proposed bringing a prime minister’s family member into the spies’ orbit, ASIO boss Mike Burgess has revealed.
Declassifying details about the breadth of the foreign country’s intelligence activities in Australia, Mr Burgess issued a warning that spies were trawling through professional networking sites looking for targets with access to sensitive information, and were willing to pay them thousands of dollars. ASIO Director-General of Security Mike Burgess is urging organisations to take security more seriously.Mr Burgess did not name the country involved but dubbed it the A-team (for Australia), saying it had also offered defence industry workers money for information on AUKUS, submarine technology, missile systems and other military technology.“I want the A-team and its masters to understand if they target Australia, ASIO will target them; we will make their jobs as difficult, costly and painful as possibl
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