Australian Critical Infrastructure Faces 'Acute' Foreign Threats

ASIO's annual assessment warns that foreign nation-states and sophisticated actors are increasingly targeting Australia’s critical infrastructure, using AI-enabled disinformation, deepfakes, espionage, and pre-positioned cyber access to map and potentially sabotage networks; the report cites examples including APT40 and Russian-linked actors and notes active discovery and eviction of intrusions, highlighting elevated strategic risk to military, government, and national infrastructure.