One of the two Russians accused of attempting to leak military secrets to Moscow told his work colleagues he'd been in Russian special forces, Nine News can reveal.
ASIO director-general Mike Burgess, speaking alongside Kershaw, said the arrests came after a "lengthy and complex investigation" by law enforcement agencies.
A rocket launched by North Korea to deploy the country's second spy satellite exploded shortly after liftoff, state media reported, in a setback for leader Kim Jong Un's hopes to field satellites to monitor the US and South Korea.
This is a snapshot of your country today: politicians acting as spies for a foreign power, activists attempting to provoke a race war, and a threat to vital services.
His lawyers are asking the High Court to grant him a new appeal — his last legal roll of the dice in the long-running legal saga that has kept him in a British high-security prison for the past five years.
China-based hackers have breached email accounts at two-dozen organisations, including some US government agencies, in an apparent spying campaign aimed at acquiring sensitive information, according to statements from Microsoft and the White House.
The US spy agency believed now offers an "unprecedented" opportunity to convince Russians disaffected by the war in Ukraine and life in Russia to share their secrets.
Alexander Csergo, who specialises in relations with China, was arrested in Sydney, accused of selling information to a foreign intelligence organisation.
Russian investigators have formally charged Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich with espionage, Russian state media reported Friday, adding he denied the accusations.
Some of the Russian agents posed as diplomatic staff while others used deep cover identities, operating for 18 months before being dismantled by ASIO.