LONDON: Security agencies from the “Five Eyes” alliance which includes the United States and Britain issued a warning on Wednesday about Chinese spies aggressively using online job platforms to recruit people with access to sensitive information. The “Safeguarding Our Secrets” bulletin says China’s military intelligence services were using a wide array of professional networking sites and online recruitment services to target those in government, the military or anyone who could access classified information.

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The rare joint bulletin by the UK, US, Canadian, Australian and New Zealand security services laid out efforts to obtain sensitive information through job ads.