Chinese intelligence operatives are posing as job recruiters on professional networking and employment platforms to trick government employees, military personnel and other individuals with access to sensitive information into disclosing confidential details, the Five Eyes intelligence alliance has warned.

MI5 warns China’s military intelligence services are using LinkedIn and Indeed to recruit unwitting British jobseekers and reveals the patterns to look out for

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.