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Chinese spies ‘trawling LinkedIn for espionage targets’

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Professional social media profiles and foreign students are fertile recruiting opportunities for Chinese spies, a former head of counter-intelligence at the Central Intelligence Agency says.

Platforms such as LinkedIn, where people provide detailed accounts of their professional histories, allow easy identification of targets who have access to research and advanced technologies wanted by China.

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