Security agencies from the Five Eyes intelligence alliance have issued a joint warning about what they describe as a growing effort by Chinese intelligence services to recruit people with access to sensitive government information through online job platforms and professional networking websites.
The warning was published in a bulletin titled 'Safeguarding Our Secrets' by agencies from the United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Officials said current and former government employees, military personnel and others with access to classified information were being targeted through fake recruitment approaches designed to obtain sensitive military, political and economic intelligence.
