New Zealand's Security Intelligence Service (NZSIS) has alleged that Chinese organisations, including the Purple Mountain Observatory, attempted to install ground-based space infrastructure in New Zealand to collect military intelligence, with the agency successfully disrupting the activity. China is rated as the only country targeting New Zealand at scale, with additional concerns raised over Chinese military intelligence using fake job advertisements on professional networking sites to recruit and gather sensitive information. The report also highlights growing domestic threats from violent extremism, noting that the internet has vastly complicated the task of identifying genuine threats amid vast volumes of toxic online content.
