The US Department of Justice seized 13 domains used to target Americans with security clearances, disrupting suspected espionage and phishing

The US Department of Justice seized 13 domains used to target Americans with security clearances, disrupting suspected espionage and phishing

Prosecutors said the domains posed as legitimate consulting companies to recruit current and former U.S. officials into sharing sensitive government information for payment.

Prosecutors said fake consulting companies persuaded U.S. officials to sell sensitive government information.

Chinese intelligence allegedly used internet domains to blackmail Americans with security clearances into divulging sensitive information.

The FBI has seized 13 internet domains that US officials say were part of a Chinese effort to target American workers with access to classified or sensitive government…

The sites posed as consulting companies and used paid research opportunities to connect with people holding national security expertise, prosecutors said.