The ads, some of which experts say were linked to China, aimed to get unsuspecting Filipino defence specialists to give up key information
“We are hiring regional security researcher,” said a notice bearing the emblem of Janes – the well-known international aerospace and military technology publisher. It came with an eye-watering offer: “US$1,000-US$5,000.”
“Send us your CV,” the ad urged, giving Viber and WhatsApp numbers as well as an email address.
The hitch: while the ad was real, the recruiter was not.
Researchers who traced the ad’s digital fingerprints say it appears to have been part of a wider online recruitment ecosystem – one that investigators believe helped build the alleged Chinese spy network that Philippine authorities said last month they had dismantled inside the country’s defence establishment.
China has rejected the allegations.
Source: News - South China Morning Post
