Intelligence service warns China is recruiting Canadians on LinkedIn to spy for Beijing unwittingly


“High-value” Canadians are being unwittingly recruited online by Chinese intelligence officers to spy for Beijing, Canada’s national spy agency said in a rare warning issued on social media.

The latest allegations by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) come as the country continues to grapple with numerous reports of Chinese interference in its domestic affairs – claims that Beijing has repeatedly and forcefully denied.

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