US EditionUS warns China intelligence targeting fired federal workers
- On Tuesday, April 8, 2025, the U.S. Issued a warning about deceptive recruitment.
- Foreign intelligence entities, notably from China, are behind these recruitment efforts.
- Entities impersonate consulting firms and headhunters on professional sites to lure targets.
- The NCSC says, “Current and former federal employees should beware of these approaches”.
- Clearance holders must protect classified information to minimize risks, even after service.
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America's woes are a foreign adversary's spy recruitment dream
Contrary to what James Bond would have you believe, most international espionage is less "whizzing bullets" and more "convincing people to tell you things they shouldn't." By this metric, foreign adversaries are salivating over the Trump administration's mass layoffs in the federal government, creating fertile ground for disgruntled workers. Clandestine organizations are hoping that resentment will convince some to share America's most closely g…
CBS TWICE Covers Threat of Chinese Honeypots, Omits Fang Fang & Swalwell
On Friday and Tuesday, CBS Mornings Plus covered a newly revealed policy change during the Biden administration and kept in place under Team Trump that federal government workers stationed in China are barred from engaging in romantic relationships with Chinese citizens out of fear of spies engaging in honeypotting, or seducing Americans to elicit information pertinent to our national security. Incredibly, Congressman Eric Swalwell (D-CA) and hi…
US warns China intelligence targeting fired federal workers
The Trump administration is warning federal workers about efforts by Chinese intelligence to target current and former U.S. officials for recruitment. The National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC) warned that current and former workers are being targeted by Chinese intelligence officials posing as “consulting firms, corporate headhunters, think tanks, and other entities on social and…
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