A new cyber-espionage watchdog has been created within the the nation's chief spy agency, the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO), to be officially announced by the Attorney-General ...

analysis The Federal Government has kept mum on an alleged cyber-espionage hack on computers owned by Prime Minister Julia Gillard and several cabinet ministers, but it should be well prepared to ...

The centre, which is modelled on one designed to gauge the ­severity of terrorism threats, reflects the sprawling nature of the foreign interference problem, which straddles police forces, spy ...

Australia’s spy agency ASIO uncovered three foreign governments plotting to harm individuals in the country, intervening to prevent attacks. It also disrupted a cyber unit targeting US and Australian ...

McClelland revealed the group’s existence on Thursday, telling a dinner in Canberra that it followed ASIO’s close cooperation with other agencies tasked with dealing with national computer emergencies ...