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ASIO warns Chinese spies using LinkedIn to pry information from applicants
Key takeaways
- Chinese spies are using job hiring networks such as Linked In to find professionals with access to sensitive information.
- Australia and its partners in the Five Eyes alliance have issued a warning about Chinese spies flooding job platforms.
- The operatives post ads and go through the recruitment processes to pry sensitive information from candidates, according to the notice.
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Chinese spies are using job hiring networks such as Linked In to find professionals with access to sensitive information. (ABC News: Liam Phillips)
Australia and its partners in the Five Eyes alliance have issued a warning about Chinese spies flooding job platforms.
The operatives post ads and go through the recruitment processes to pry sensitive information from candidates, according to the notice.
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