MI5 warns Chinese spies using fake job recruiter profiles to target UK government workers
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Dan Sales
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MI5 has warned that Chinese state-sponsored spies are using fake job recruiter profiles on employment websites to target and identify UK government workers, military personnel, academics, and think tank employees who hold security clearances. The Chinese embassy in the UK has denied the allegations, calling them "malicious slander" and accusing the Five Eyes intelligence alliance of being the real threat. Security Minister Dan Jarvis urged government and military personnel to follow security authority guidance.
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I urge all government and military personnel to follow the National Protective Security Authority
A spokesperson for the Chinese embassy in the UK condemned the warning, describing the accusations as 'purely false' and 'malicious slander'.
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