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Mike Burgess.<\/p>\n

The land down under has been rocked by a espionage scandal, after Australia\u2019s top spy made serious accusations against an unnamed former politician.<\/p>\n

Head of security for the Australian Security Intelligence Organization (ASIO), Mike Burgess, said that the politician \u2018sold out\u2019 Australia to a foreign intelligence service that also remains unnamed for now.<\/p>\n

Burgess added that the Australian agency confronted the \u2018spy ring\u2019 to let them know their cover had been blown.<\/p>\n

ASIO chief said in his annual speech that he had declassified details of the operation, \u2018which used professional networking platforms, email and social media to target Australians\u2019.<\/em><\/p>\n

Reuters<\/a> reported:<\/p>\n

\u201cHe did not name the country involved, but said it had also targeted Australia\u2019s defense industry, offering money for reports on the AUKUS partnership with the U.S. and Britain to build nuclear submarines.<\/em><\/p>\n

He said the foreign agency had \u2018successfully cultivated and recruited a former Australian politician\u2019 several years ago. He did not identify the politician, and said the person had not been charged because they were no longer active.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018This politician sold out their country, party and former colleagues to advance the interests of the foreign regime. At one point, the former politician even proposed bringing a prime minister\u2019s family member into the spies\u2019 orbit\u2019, he said.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

In his speech, Burgess called the foreign spies the \u201cA Team\u201d. They attracted Australians that had national security information \u2018by offering them consulting roles\u2019<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Academics and political figures attending an overseas conference were met by \u2018spies in disguise\u2019, he said.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2018ASIO disrupted this scheme and confronted the Australians involved. While some were unwitting, others knew they were working for a foreign intelligence service\u2019, he said.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

The links between the Australians and the foreign spies were severed, and individuals \u2018should be grateful the espionage and foreign interference laws are not retrospective\u2019<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2018We have seen it try to recruit students, academics, politicians, business people, researchers, law enforcement officials and public servants at all levels of government\u2019, he said.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Australia\u2019s \u2018foreign interference taskforce\u2019 has conducted 120 operations since it was formed in 2020, he said in the speech.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2018We assess this government is not actively planning sabotage, but is trying to gain persistent undetected access that could allow it to conduct sabotage in the future\u2019, he said, without identifying the country.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Now, Burgess is under heavy pressure to name the politician and the country \u2013 which many in the media speculate would be China.<\/p>\n

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