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A joint advisory from Five Eyes intelligence agencies warns that Chinese spies are leveraging public recruitment platforms like LinkedIn to cultivate long-term relationships with security clearance holders and academics. By posing as recruiters for fake entities, these operatives target individuals to extract non-public information that can be combined with open-source data for strategic advantage. This tactic highlights the critical need for tech professionals to verify recruiter identities and exercise caution when sharing resume details or unclassified insights on professional networks.

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Chinese spies are using LinkedIn to lure Westerners into sharing sensitive information

TechCrunchJune 4, 20262 min read

The advisory warns that Chinese spies are using public job search platforms to recruit people with access to non-public information.

Spies working for Chinese intelligence are using job search and recruitment websites, including LinkedIn, to lure Western workers into sharing sensitive information, according to a joint advisory by the FBI, the U.K.’s security service MI5, and…

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