![]() ![]() Some Of Beijing’s Three-letter Agencies, That We Know Of…. ![]() It wasn't the images on their own, it needed the work of sophisticated analysis of Russian moves. The right analysis helped Ukraine prepare for Russia's full-scale invasion, Dr Gustafson said. "The overwhelming majority of data that's collected isn't looked at, and is usually dispensed shortly afterwards." "You can hoover up everything, but somewhere along the line a human has to think, 'Is this of any consequence?'" Professor Blaxland said. While there are various forms of intelligence collection, the art of espionage often comes down to analysis. While this sort of human trade craft still exists, it comes at a high cost, with high risk and long-term investment for relatively low volume, he added. "It's not someone breaking into your system, it's one of your people accidentally, or purposefully, letting the adversary in," he said. There were reports last year that former British prime minister Liz Truss's personal mobile was hacked by suspected Russian agents when she was foreign minister.ĭr Gustafson said that kind of hack would have required some sort of human access. "If everybody just collected one grain of sand from a beach, and you get 1,000 grains of sand, then you'll get a good idea of what kind of sand there is at that beach," he said. Professor Blaxland said China aimed to collect information on a large scale in what he described as the "thousand grains of sand approach". The US also passed a sweeping set of regulations in the last year aimed at kneecapping China's semiconductor industry. In 2018, Huawei was banned from providing equipment to Australia's 5G network. There have been actions taken against Chinese tech giant Huawei over allegations it has the capacity to facilitate spying. US officials are in private talks about the fate of TikTok, which is owned by Beijing-based ByteDance, over concerns China could use the app to collect data on its users. "ASIO, the MI5 security service in the UK, and the FBI are turning much more forcefully to this counterintelligence role against adversaries who are trying to steal research and primary industrial information that provide us a technological edge," Dr Gustafson said. "We know that they've got drones, we know they've got these old tanks, but are they coming up with innovative new ways of using them?" "You're wanting to collect intelligence on emerging technologies, emerging tactics and techniques," Professor Blaxland said. Whether in peace or war, analysts are constantly on the lookout for what another country's capabilities are, what they are declaring they can do, and how those intentions may be carried out. The intelligence cycle never slows down, John Blaxland from ANU's Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, and author of Revealing Secrets, told the ABC. So what other techniques and technologies are countries using to snoop on each other, and what's proving valuable in a world of rising tensions? The power of 'obvious' open source ![]() The Pentagon has also insisted the spy balloon did not give China an intelligence collection capability above what it already has via satellites and other means. It prompted urgent calls for a plan to "rip" the hundreds of devices out of government sites.īut in the vast and ever-evolving world of espionage, intelligence experts say China's tactics aren't particularly advanced. Meanwhile, an audit found that Chinese government-linked equipment was found in hundreds of Australian Commonwealth buildings, including defence and foreign affairs offices. NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg warned this week there had been increased Chinese intelligence activities in Europe, citing the use of satellites and cyber threats. ![]()
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