India, June 4 -- Chinese intelligence services are using professional networking websites and online job platforms such as LinkedIn to target current and former government and military personnel, according to a joint warning issued by intelligence agencies from the Five Eyes alliance.

The warning was issued jointly on Thursday by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, Australia's Australian Security Intelligence Organisation, New Zealand's intelligence community, Britain's MI5 and the U.S. FBI.

According to the alert, recruiters often pose as representatives of consulting firms, think tanks or human resources companies and advertise positions for foreign policy, defence and security analysts on professional networking platforms.

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