Foreign spies are using Tinder and other dating apps to recruit Australians with access to sensitive government secrets. ASIO boss Mike Burgess made the alarming revelation while delivering his annual threat assessment, in which he also warned identifying anti-vaccine activists who could turn violent was proving difficult. more
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The National Security Service of Armenia (HAAT) has detained 19 people suspected of being members of an "espionage network" in the South Caucasus nation. The HAAT said on February 10 that dozens of servicemen in different units of the the armed forces may have been involved in the activities of the spy network, which worked for an unspecified nation.
According to the security agency, recruitment took place via an
online dating service through which Armenian servicemen who possessed
classified data and documents would eventually join the spy ring. more
