Are Chinese spies using fake job offers to target Western officials?
- Team TOI Plus
- TIMESOFINDIA.COM Jun 06, 2026, 12:51 IST IST
In November last year, Britain’s domestic intelligence agency MI5 identified two suspicious LinkedIn profiles — Amanda Qiu and Shirly Shen — and subsequently warned lawmakers that Chinese spies were posing as recruiters to target individuals working in the UK Parliament.
Simon Whelband, a researcher for Conservative MP Neil O’Brien, told BBC that one of the accounts had also contacted him.
Simon Whelband, a researcher for Conservative MP Neil O’Brien, told BBC that one of the accounts had also contacted him.