James King

Embattled Liberal candidate under fire for alleged Beijing connections Scott Yung opened an event co-funded by an organisation with ties to a global network bankrolled by the Chinese government.

Exclusive: The Liberal candidate for Bennelong opened a business dinner backed by an “overseas Chinese liaison station” — which was part of a global network bankrolled by the Chinese government.

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Identity of ‘luxury hotel fraudster’ revealed as court hands down conviction Dongqiao Li failed to appear in court to face fraud and identity offences.

Exclusive: A NSW court has convicted and issued an arrest warrant for a man after a 7NEWS Australia investigation uncovered his years of allegedly exploiting men during sexual encounters at luxury hotels.

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Security officials share family schedules, intimate chats on app watched by Chinese government ‘This is mental. I’m almost incredulous. It defies common-sense.’

🤐 Senior Australian officials handling the nation’s top secret intelligence are using platforms actively surveilled by the Chinese Government for their most personal conversations. 7news.com.au/news/world/a...

Security officials share family schedules, intimate chats on app watched by Chinese government ‘This is mental. I’m almost incredulous. It defies common-sense.’

Australia banned TikTok on federal devices, but this story alleges Australian officials, including those with security clearances, based in China are using WeChat for personal communication. 😲 Seems odd considering much better options. 7news.com.au/news/world/a... #infosec #auspol #Australia

Security officials share family schedules, intimate chats on app watched by Chinese government ‘This is mental. I’m almost incredulous. It defies common-sense.’

Exclusive: Senior Australian officials handling the nation’s top secret intelligence are using platforms actively surveilled by the Chinese Government for their most personal conversations.

7news.com.au/news/world/a...

The $22M reason police should have been there when an armed teen allegedly stormed a plane When the security crisis unfolded on Thursday afternoon, local police from Lara - nine kilometres away - were the ones that responded.

Exclusive: Police deemed Avalon Airport a high terrorism risk and had a multimillion-dollar land lease there specifically for special operations training. When a 17-year-old allegedly boarded a plane with a loaded shotgun, police were nowhere to be seen.

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Accused ‘luxury hotel fraudster’ caught by cops after alleged exploiting men across Sydney A man wanted by police in two Australian states has been captured after a 7NEWS investigation uncovered his years of alleged offending.

Exclusive: A man wanted by police in two Australian states has been captured after a 7NEWS investigation uncovered his years of allegedly exploiting men during sexual encounters at luxury hotels.

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Exclusive: A 23-year-old has been convicted after threatening to kill a stranger during an armed gay hate crime beside Oxford Street. 7NEWS has obtained footage of the attack.

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Another state caught up in counterterrorism ‘mass casualty’ investigation Several insiders say the investigation into a caravan found laden with explosives has now stretched beyond just Sydney.

Exclusive: The counter terrorism investigation into an explosives-ridden caravan in Dural has spread beyond NSW.

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Sydney high school allegedly at the centre of hate crime investigation An investigation by 7NEWS.com.au can reveal police have identified at least eight members of the teen gang, while at least six attacks are in the spotlight.

7NEWS: Internal NSW Police documents reveal a youth gang accused of gay hate crimes has allegedly been bashing men across Sydney without prior contact since August. Some, not all, are charged and face firearm and knife offences. They are on bail. 7news.com.au/news/southwe...

Accused spy’s links to Russian war machine revealed Celebrated by the Australian Army as a model soldier, Kira Korolev was secretly employed by a Kremlin-backed war machine, according to internal Russian documents obtained by The Nightly.

Accused Russian spy Kira Korolev — once celebrated by Australia's Defense Force as a model soldier & whose Australian security clearance got her top secret intel — was secretly employed by RusBITech, a high-tech corp whose OS powers Russia’s military.

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Accused spy’s links to Russian war machine revealed Celebrated by the Australian Army as a model soldier, Kira Korolev was secretly employed by a Kremlin-backed war machine, according to internal Russian documents obtained by The Nightly.

This is a fascinating and alarming story.

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Chinese hacker gloats at targeting Aussie intel agencies A Chinese citizen understood to be the son of a senior Chinese Government official has claimed to be the architect of a multi-year infiltration operation that infected software used by Australia’s age...

This article attributes the xz attack to a Chinese hacker who texted about it, including claiming that they have at least one other open source bug.

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‘MOTHERF***ER!’: Texts reveal how Chinese hackers target Oz Chinese spies have identified an Australian research institute as a priority target in their cyber-attack operations, with The Nightly able to confirm messages about our nation. WARNING: COARSE LANGUA...

Messages between Chinese hackers show Australian Strategic Policy Institute is a target – The Nightly

"a well-known cafe located next door to Australia’s lead spy agency, the Office of National Intelligence in the heart of Canberra...was co-owned by a woman whose husband is a senior official in both a Chinese parliament and a united front group."

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