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Department of Justice announces website seizures
The DOJ issued a press release confirming the FBI had seized over a dozen websites linked to a Chinese intelligence recruitment operation, citing a court affidavit.
NCIS issues foreign recruitment warning
The Naval Criminal Investigative Service reported that foreign actors were attempting to recruit federal employees, seeking to capitalize on the Trump administration’s planned mass layoffs.
A sophisticated social engineering campaign by Chinese intelligence employed fake job listings, cryptocurrency payments, and AI-generated identities to target US officials, underscoring the fusion of cyber and human threats.
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