US and ‘Five Eyes’ allies warn of LinkedIn China spying threat

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The US and its Five Eyes intelligence allies issued a joint warning about Chinese espionage attempts using professional networking sites such as LinkedIn. Chinese military intelligence is reportedly targeting government and military personnel with access to classified information.

The US and its “Five Eyes” intelligence partners issued what they said was an unprecedented joint notice warning about attempts by Chinese spies to use websites such as LinkedIn to recruit assets. “China’s military intelligence services are using an increasingly wide array of professional networking sites and online job platforms to target Five Eyes government and military personnel – and anyone with access to classified or privileged information,” according to a joint statement by the FBI,...