ASIO director-general Mike Burgess said foreign spies have been targeting public servants and managed to breach a former politician.
Foreign interference and espionage pose an absolutely certain risk in Australia and are more of a threat than terrorism, the nation’s top spy has warned.
director-general Mike Burgess has also revealed the agency is tracking an "A-team" of foreign spies from one country targeting Australians that is "aggressive and experienced." Delivering his annual threat assessment on Wednesday, Burgess detailed an operation the A-team conducted several years ago, successfully recruiting a former politician.
is concerned about lone actors moving their talk to action without warning. Burgess said is aware of one nation-state conducting multiple attempts to scan critical infrastructure in Australia and other countries, targeting water, transport and energy networks. Burgess referenced the Hamas-Israel war and said
has seen heightened tensions that have turned into violent protest activity. "Hateful rhetoric" has targeted Israel and the Jewish community, as well as Muslim and Palestinian communities, he said. "The conflict has expanded with attacks carried out by a range of terrorists, particularly those aligned with Iran.
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