CIA seeks informants in China, North Korea and Iran, recruiting online


The US spy agency posts instructions for interested applicants in Mandarin, Farsi and Korean on several social media platforms. — SCMP

The Central Intelligence Agency posted instructional videos Wednesday on several social media platforms seeking to recruit informants in China, North Korea and Iran.

“CIA is providing instructions in multiple languages on how to securely contact us,” the agency posted on its official pages on X, YouTube, Instagram, Telegram, Facebook, LinkedIn and Dark Web, with videos in Mandarin, Korean and Farsi.

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