Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.AllNewsSportCultureLifestyleMI5 has issued a warning that Chinese spies are actively targeting UK government and military personnel through popular job websites. The Five Eyes intelligence alliance, which includes the UK, US, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand, highlighted an "aggressive" online recruitment strategy by Chinese military intelligence agents. These agents pose as representatives of private businesses or think tanks, advertising bogus roles such as foreign policy or defence analysts on platforms like LinkedIn, Indeed, and Upwork. Their objective is to pressure candidates into providing "non-public" information, which could compromise national security, even if not classified. Five Eyes warned that anyone involved in the unauthorised disclosure of information could face prosecution for spying. In fullChinese spies using job websites to target UK government staff, MI5 warnsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
Warning Chinese spies are targeting British officials with fake jobs
Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.AllNewsSportCultureLifestyleMI5 has issued a warning that Chinese spies are actively targeting UK government and military personnel through popular job websites. The Five Eyes intelligence alliance, which includes the UK, US, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand, highlighted an "aggressive" online recruitment strategy by Chinese military intelligence agents. These agents pose as representatives of private businesses or think tanks, advertising bogus roles such as foreign policy or defence analysts on platforms like LinkedIn, Indeed, and Upwork. Their objective is to pressure candidates into providing "non-public" information, which could compromise national security, even if not classified. Five Eyes warned that anyone involved in the unauthorised disclosure of information could face prosecution for spying. In fullChinese spies using job websites to target UK government staff, MI5 warnsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
