ASIO warns of spies using social media trying to recruit Australians

Sarah Basford Canales
Updated April 14 2021 - 11:21pm, first published November 17 2020 - 1:30pm
ASIO boss Mike Burgess at a National Press Club event earlier this year. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong
ASIO boss Mike Burgess at a National Press Club event earlier this year. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

That LinkedIn recruiter offering you an exciting new role might be a foreign intelligence recruitment attempt intending to "win your trust and steal your secrets", ASIO has warned as a part of its new awareness campaign.

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Sarah Basford Canales

Sarah Basford Canales

Politics and public sector reporter

I'm a federal politics and public sector reporter with an interest in national security, integrity and regulation. Contact me with general tips and thoughts at sarah.basfordcanales@canberratimes.com.au or confidential tips to sbasfordcanales@protonmail.com.

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