Five Eyes Warns China-Linked Spies Using Job Platforms Like LinkedIn for Espionage Recruitment

Mike Pearl

1mo ago· 4 min readenNews

Summary

A joint warning from the Five Eyes intelligence alliance (U.S., U.K., and other anglophone countries) reports that China-linked military intelligence operatives are using legitimate job platforms like LinkedIn, Indeed, and Upwork to recruit targets for espionage. The scheme involves offering seemingly normal gig work, then gradually pressuring applicants into committing increasingly unethical and illegal acts, including espionage, to maintain their income.

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China's military intelligence operation is finding people in places like LinkedIn, Indeed, and Upwork, and offering what is essentially gig work

pressuring applicants to do sketchier and sketchier things to keep their paychecks coming—in this case potentially committing espionage

Committing alleged espionage against your country was never so depressingly low-paying.

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Committing alleged espionage against your country was never so depressingly low-paying.

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