Australia warns Southeast Asia of high-tech terror threat 13 SHARES Share it! “The use of encrypted messaging apps by terrorists and criminals is potentially the most significant degradation of intelligence capability in modern times,” he said. The issue was driven home last year when pro-Islamic State militants seized the city of Marawi, with Australia aiding Manila to win it back. Australia has suffered six terror attacks in recent years and disrupted 14 more, including a plot to bring down a plane departing Sydney. ASEAN groups Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam, with Australia a dialogue partner since 1974.

Source: Manila Bulletin March 17, 2018 03:45 UTC