Espionage Cost Australia $12.5 Billion in 2023-24, ASIO Boss Mike Burgess Says

Espionage costs Australia $8B a year, says spy chief

Moscow remains persistent threat, with undeclared intelligence officers from Russia removed in 2022 and two Russian-born Australians charged with espionage last year, says Mike Burgess - Anadolu Ajansı

ASIO boss reveals foreign espionage costing economy $12.5bn a year

Foreign espionage is costing the Australian economy at least $12.5bn a year, with the ASIO boss warning against complacency against the “real, present and costly danger”.

ASIO disrupted 24 'major' espionage operations in three years, spy chief reveals

Australia's top domestic spy chief Mike Burgess has used a speech to give his most detailed account yet of the scale of the threat of foreign interference.

Espionage cost Australia $12.5 billion in 2023-24, ASIO boss Mike Burgess says

The spy chief also confirmed that in 2022 a number of “undeclared Russian intelligence officers” were removed from Australia.

'Tip of the iceberg': ASIO director reveals the espionage acts costing Australia billions

ASIO director-general Mike Burgess has warned foreign spy agencies are "aggressively targeting" a range of sectors, as well as taking a "very unhealthy interest in AUKUS".

Lax Aussies making themselves easy spy targets: ASIO

Australia's intelligence chief has revealed new details about a series of foreign espionage operations in a major speech.