Chinese intelligence is now using professional networking sites and job portals to find and recruit people with access to sensitive data. This new digital approach targets governments, militaries, and industries across the West. Recruiters pose as consultants, offering paid research assignments. This sophisticated operation exploits online information, blending social engineering with commercial cover identities.

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.