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Five Eyes Warns of Chinese Spies Targeting Recruits via LinkedIn

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Five Eyes intelligence agencies – the FBI, MI5, Australian and other partners – have issued a joint warning that Chinese military‑intelligence operatives are exploiting online job and professional networking sites to recruit individuals with access to classified or sensitive information.

  1. GB
    MI5
    1. Chinese ‌military intelligence services ‌ultimately seek to acquire privileged ​military, ‌political ⁠and ​economic intelligence that ⁠can provide China with a strategic and tactical advantage over the Five Eyes.
  2. US
    Federal Bureau of Investigation
    1. These actors use an aggressive online recruitment strategy whereby intelligence officers or their affiliates pose as employees of private consultancies, think tanks or human resources firms, and place online job advertisements for foreign policy and defence analysts.
    2. China's military intelligence services are using an increasingly wide array of professional networking sites and online job platforms to target Five Eyes government and military personnel – and anyone with access to classified or privileged information.

sources

  1. 1.ABC News
  2. 2.CNN
  3. 3.South China Morning Post
  4. 4.Arab News
  5. 5.Reuters

perspectives

  1. 1.US Foreign Policy
  2. 2.US-China Relations
  3. 3.Espionage
  4. 4.Chinese relations with Australia and NZ
  5. 5.China-UK relations

countries

  1. 1.ChinaCN
  2. 2.United KingdomGB
  3. 3.AustraliaAU
  4. 4.CanadaCA
  5. 5.New ZealandNZ
  6. 6.United StatesUS

organizations

  1. 1.MI5
  2. 2.Federal Bureau of Investigation
  3. 3.LinkedIn

persons

  1. 1.Annika Burgess
  2. 2.Donald TrumpUS
  3. 3.Liam Phillips
  4. 4.Xi JinpingCN
  5. 5.Yvette CooperGB

technicals

  1. 1.Five Eyes
  2. 2.Indo-Pacific
  3. 3.Safeguarding Our Secrets