Advertisements for non-existent jobs aim to draw in people with access to classified or sensitive information

If you've ever received an out-of-the-blue message via LinkedIn from a recruiter offering some well-paid consultancy work, intelligence agencies have a message for you: be very careful.

The FBI, MI5 and other agencies say Chinese spies are using such sites to recruit people with access to classified information.

Chinese spies target UK professionals through fake LinkedIn job offers, with over 20,000 approached by suspected intelligence operatives seeking classified information.

MI5 and its Five Eyes partners have warned that alleged Chinese intelligence operatives are using fake job offers on platforms like LinkedIn to target people with access to sensitive information.

Chinese spies using job websites to target UK government staff, MI5 warns - The spies advertise for bogus jobs such as foreign policy or defence analysts, before pressuring candidates to provide “non-

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