The U. S. has expressed concerns that Chinese spy agencies are generating fake LinkedIn accounts and are using these to attempt to recruit people with access to the U. S. government to gain commercial secrets.
The U. S. has expressed concerns that Chinese spy agencies are generating fake LinkedIn accounts and are using these to attempt to recruit people with access to the U. S. government to gain commercial secrets.
The claim comes from William Evanina, who is the U. S. counter-intelligence chief. The U. S. chief spy-catcher has told Reuters that U. S. officials have informed Microsoft’s LinkedIn about concerns over China’s “super aggressive” efforts across the professional networking site.
In his interview, Evanina goes on to state that the Chinese espionage campaign is based on contacting thousands of LinkedIn members in a series of hits with the aim of extracting information about U.
