2024-09-08 16:21:12
China’s top spy agency has warned students with access to sensitive data to be wary of attractive members of the opposite sex, who may feign affection to lure them into spying for foreign organisations, threatening national security.
REUTERS reports this.
China’s Ministry of State Security today, September 4, posted warnings on its public WeChat account to students who could be forced to reveal sensitive information in various ways.
It said that state security agencies had discovered that foreign spy and intelligence agencies were deliberately courting young students and trying to infiltrate them into their ranks.
“They exploit the qualities of young people such as intense curiosity and willingness to try new things,” the statement said.
China is cracking down on threats to its national security, issuing several warnings to its citizens this year alone and citing examples of espionage it has uncovered.
The students were told that foreign intelligence officers specifically target college students with access to classified and sensitive research data, posing as university scientists, as well as employees of research institutes and consulting companies. They lure young people with “high-paying part-time jobs under the guise of marketing research and academic exchanges.
The agency said that once students show interest, they are provided with what it calls free training and communication via social media, telephone or video conferencing.
The agency also warned that foreign intelligence officers could even put on “the guise of handsome guys and beautiful women who are close and attentive, luring young students into a love trap with false feelings.”
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