The spy agency report called China a particularly ‘assertive and powerful’ actor. Beijing dismissed the ‘groundless’ claims as adoption of a ‘Cold War mentality.’
New Zealand’s intelligence agency on Thursday warned the country faces its toughest security challenges in decades, citing growing foreign interference and espionage, with China singled out as the “most active” actor.
The Security Intelligence Service (SIS) said in its annual threat report that New Zealand has been targeted by countries including China, Russia and Iran, which “are willing to engage in covert or deceptive activity to influence discussions and decisions, or gain access to technology and information that can help them meet these goals.”
The nz SIS also turned a blind eye to people being kidnapped by united front on NZ shores and taken on Chinese ships to China. If one state is able to do this to NZ without our push-over government(s) taking any action what so ever, a cybersecurity threat level report is probably not even the tip of the iceberg. As usual we want cake and to eat it - trade partnerships are being juggled on either sides of the Pacific while NZers rights are trashed. Keep selling that milk powder.