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Australia uncovers Russian espionage ring, expels spies: Report

Russian spy ring operated in Australia for 18 months before it was uncovered and its activities broken up, report says.

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Amid warnings of 'spy hives', why isn't Australia using its tough counter-espionage laws more?

Australia is facing an unprecedented threat of espionage and foreign interference. According to ASIO chief Mike Burgess in his annual threat assessment this week,

The Conversation

Australia spy chief warns of espionage as US-China rivalry grows

More Australians targets of spying ‘than at any time in Australia’s history’, country’s intelligence agency chief says.

Al Jazeera

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Warning on espionage interference raises red flags

Australia's national security chief has faced pressure to stop operations to avoid upsetting foreign regimes, which the treasurer says is concerning.

AAP

Judges, journalists and military veterans targeted in 'unprecedented' spy threat on Australia

Journalists, military veterans, and judicial figures are being targeted by foreign espionage agencies at "unprecedented" levels, with the country's intelligence chief revealing a "hive of spies" was removed from Australia in the past year.

ABC News

When Switzerland Was the Location of Choice for Chinese Espionage

In the 1960s, Switzerland stood at the center of a global Chinese espionage network. Many Taiwanese diplomats could be blackmailed into collaboration because they had relatives living in China.

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Australian spy boss details unprecedented espionage danger

The head of Australia's domestic spy agency says the nation faces an unprecedented threat of espionage and foreign interference with more Australians being targeted by agents than ever before

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Spy hive kicked out as ASIO warns of unprecedented risk

ASIO boss Mike Burgess says Australia faces an unparalleled challenge from espionage and foreign interference, asking for it to be taken more seriously.

AAP

A Chinese spy balloon, missiles and ‘UFOs’: What we’ve learned about string of objects shot down by the US

Not since a balloon crashed in Roswell, New Mexico have inflatable unmanned craft so dominated the American discourse. Alex Woodward and Andrew Feinberg sum up what we learned this week

The Independent UK

A Chinese spy balloon, missiles and ‘UFOs’: What we’ve learned about string of objects shot down by the US

Not since a balloon crashed in Roswell, New Mexico have inflatable unmanned craft so dominated the American discourse. Alex Woodward and Andrew Feinberg sum up what we learned this week

The Independent UK

Balloons, missiles and planes: What we know about the objects shot down by the US this month

Not since a balloon crashed in Roswell, New Mexico have inflatable unmanned craft so dominated the American discourse. Alex Woodward and Andrew Feinberg sum up what we learned this week

The Independent UK

Berlin Embassy Spy Jailed For Selling Secrets To Russia

A British embassy security guard who fed secrets to Russian agents and put the safety of his colleagues in peril has been jailed for more than 13 years for espionage. David Ballantyne Smith, 58, was driven by a hatred of the UK when he became a traitor, collecting secret and…

Evening Standard

Biden says shot-down objects were probably scientific and not China-linked but posed risk to air traffic

President says the objects shot down last week were most likely ‘balloons tied to private companies, recreation or research institutions’

The Independent UK

US Still in Dark over Mystery Flying Objects, Rejects China Balloon Accusation

The White House responded Monday to growing and at times fevered speculation over the shooting down of unidentified aerial objects by saying the targets could be anything from commercial craft to espionage devices, while denying that US balloons spy on China. After mounting pressure on President Joe Biden's administration to…

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Sanctioned Chinese balloon firm linked to ‘terminator of drones’

HONG KONG — One of the Chinese entities blacklisted by the United States for alleged links to a global espionage balloon program is part of a state-owned conglomerate that develops products including anti-drone systems and blimps.

The Independent UK

No evidence of ‘alien or extraterrestrial’ activity in shot-down objects, White House says

Four objects have been shot down in the past eight days

Evening Standard

Fighter jets ready to launch in minutes to shoot down Chinese spy balloons over UK, says Rishi Sunak

Fighter jets are on standby in Britain to be launched within minutes to shoot down Chinese spy balloons if they are flown over the country, Rishi Sunak said on Monday.The Prime Minister stressed that the UK would not tolerate such espionage missions after four high altitude objects were blown out…

The Independent UK

Norway official who spied for the Soviets has died in Moscow

Arne Treholt, the former Norwegian Foreign Ministry official who was convicted of spying for the Soviet Union in what became Norway’s biggest Cold War espionage scandal has died in his Moscow home

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Asio will go wherever terrorism threat is, despite low number of listed rightwing groups

Australian spy agency’s chief tells Senate espionage and foreign interference ‘supplanted terrorism’ as principal security concern

Asharq Al-Awsat

China Cranking Up Political Espionage, German Official Tells Newspaper

The head of Germany's domestic intelligence agency fears that China is expanding its spy activities against Berlin, he said in a newspaper interview published on Saturday, adding that Beijing was focusing increasingly on political espionage. "China is developing wide-ranging spying and influence activities. We must be prepared for these to…

Reuters

China cranking up political espionage, German official tells newspaper

The Independent UK

Why Biden ordered ‘object’ shot down over Alaska so quickly

The ‘object’ traveling at 40,000 feet above Alaska posed a greater threat to civilian air traffic than the espionage airship that floated 20,000 feet higher in the atmosphere

ABC News

What technologies and tactics are countries using to spy on each other?

China's balloons are a reminder countries are constantly watching each other. In the ever-evolving world of espionage, which intelligence tactics are being used in the face of growing global tensions?

The Texas Tribune

For U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul, national security can’t be a partisan fight

The Austin Republican and new chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee hopes to reach across the aisle to project a unified front as the country faces new threats, despite a staunchly conservative record.

The Conversation

Forget spy balloons, the world of surveillance has tried everything from schoolchildren to trained cats

The Chinese “spy balloon” shot down over the United States has brought the seemingly strange methods of surveillance and espionage into news headlines. Balloons have long been used for espionage – and not just for surveillance, as appears to be the case with this one.

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