ASIO plans extra resources for counter-espionage; urges business to fear mobile phones, digital thumb drives and personal organisers

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Australia’s chief spy issued a warning to defence contractors about the threat from modern-day spies, reported The Advertiser (23/8/2007, p.7).

New tech-threats: Paul Sullivan, head of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation, said ASIO had devoted resources to counter-espionage activities and he urged business to follow suit. He warned the greatest threat may come from technology such as phones, digital thumb drives and personal organisers. “Tins of honey and microfilm have given way to malicious code and software that . . . can ‘exfiltrate’ information . . . from one part of the world to another,” he said. He told the Defence and Industry conference in Adelaide 26 August, ASIO planned to “build” its counter-espionage capability between now and 2011.

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