Australia’s director-general of security, Mike Burgess, publicly accused a former Australian politician of betraying the country to a foreign power. Burgess stated that a spy team from an unnamed country had recruited the politician, who had “sold out” their country and colleagues. The former politician, recruited several years ago, allegedly organized an overseas conference where spies posed as bureaucrats to target participants for recruitment. While Burgess did not disclose the individual’s name, the revelation sparked demands for identification, with accusations of tainting all lawmakers. The espionage activity targeted privileged information using false personas on social networking sites.