5:07 pm today
The Security Intelligence Service (SIS) is warning the Chinese military is trying to extract sensitive information from New Zealanders through online job platforms and networking sites like LinkedIn.
New Zealand has joined its Five Eyes partners - Australia, the United Kingdom, United States and Canada - to highlight the "aggressive recruitment strategy".
The SIS said people who had access to "privileged or classified information" like national security clearance holders and those in the military were being targeted through the sites.
"A malicious approach often begins with an innocuous sounding request for something on a benign topic," its statement said.
