In this briefing note, the authors conclude that the threat of state-sponsored economic cyber-espionage is more significant than ever, with countries industrialising their cyber-espionage efforts to target commercial firms and universities on a grand scale.

This study, conducted from March to November 2021, examines prior examples of state-sponsored cyber espionage to see what forms of response the U.S. government considered, what actions it took, and whether those actions changed adversary behaviour or affected other actors’ behaviour.

This report investigates a campaign of cross-platform inauthentic activity that relies on a high-degree of automation and is broadly in alignment with the political goal of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) to denigrate the standing of the United States.

Australian lawyer Bernard Collaery claims the head of ASIS ordered a team into East Timor to conduct work which was outside the proper functions of ASIS.

Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono claims it is illegal to tap the phones of officials of other countries under Indonesian, Australian and international law.