In a recent address, ASIO Director-General Mike Burgess revealed that the agency has thwarted three foreign plots to harm individuals in Australia. He highlighted an instance where ASIO intervened to protect a human rights advocate from a perilous situation abroad. While discussing cyber threats, Burgess also emphasized the agency's collaboration with US counterparts to combat cyber intrusion attempts linked to foreign governments. He underlined growing concerns regarding foreign intelligence operations targeting Australia's AUKUS military partnership with the US and UK, reflecting heightened global security challenges.
Australia's spy agency has uncovered three separate foreign plots to physically harm individuals living in the country... Burgess did not disclose the countries involved.
ASIO intervened in another case to prevent a human rights advocate from travelling to a third country, where they would have been harmed or killed.
In a small number of cases, we held grave fears for the life of the person being targeted...
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