It is claimed an intelligence officer for the Chinese Communist Party’s main spy agency has been using a string of aliases and fake companies to target security officials, civil servants, scientists and academics
A Chinese spy has allegedly been targeting British officials on Linkedin in an attempt to secure state secrets A Chinese spy has been scouring Linkedin trying to entice thousands of British officials to give them state secrets in exchange for thousands of pounds and lucrative business deals, it has been reported.
He is believed to operate from a desk that is thought to be at the Chinese Ministry of State Security’s headquarters in Beijing. One recruitment consultant was said to have been offered £8,000 every time they provided details of a candidate from the intelligence services. Other inducements offered included all-expenses paid trips to China and a place on lucrative conference circuits.has said that revealing Zhang’s identity could risk revealing the identities of western spies.
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