"While our work in these areas is well regarded, the higher level of espionage and foreign interference threat — combined with greater awareness among our stakeholders of that threat — has increased demand for our advice and support, which is stretching current resources," said former director general Duncan Lewis, who has since retired from the role.
The terror threat includes risks posed by right wing extremists, brought into focus by the Christchurch terror attacks earlier this year. "Any future extreme right-wing-inspired attack in Australia would most likely be low capability and conducted by a lone actor or small group, although a sophisticated weapons attack is possible."
An attempt to use social media to start a civil war, is more scary right now.
'Any future extreme right-wing-inspired attack in Australia would most likely be low capability and conducted by a lone actor or small group' i.e. random nutters. So perhaps ASIO should be focusing on larger, organised threats to Australian sovereignty such as GetUp and ER?
From which planet? Does Ford Prefect know about this? Is Marvin the Paranoid Android involved? Or is a plot twist for the new 'Star Wars' film?
Welcome to the game ASIO !! FMD
Where is the news in that? Snowden already shown years ago that US and UK intel services are up to their neck in exploiting social media to spy and collect data on all its users, including Australians.
You mean...like ASIO.