U.K and Australia Launch "Think Before You Link" Counter Espionage Using Social Media Awareness Campaign - An Analysis

The U.K and Australia have recently launched an extremely popular and relevant "Think Before You Link" counter-intelligence social media link sharing security awareness building campaign that aims to spread awareness on the use of "foreign information seeking" foreign third-parties who will somehow benefit and expose sensitive national security information to third-parties.

Sample video from the "Think Before You Link" security awareness raising campaign:

 

 

Users are advised to report suspicious activity using the following portal.

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Exposing China's "Thousand Talents Program" - An OSINT Analysis

China's "Thousand Talents Program" is known to be the country's one of the main sources for attempting to steal and lure foreign scientists into falling victim into a vast network of scientific research activities for foreign countries which in reality can fall victim to active counter-intelligence and intellectual and technological "know-how" exchange and stealing for the purpose of exchanging financial incentives.

In this post I'll discuss in-depth China's "Thousand Talents Program" and provide actionable intelligence on the actual recruitment practices.

Sample Shanghai Jiao Tong University Application Form:

Sample personal emails known to be currently recruiting for China's "Thousand Talents Program":

wangenvwanghy@nankai.edu.cn
liuliuweiwei@nankai.edu.cn
yangjiangyinan@nankai.edu.cn
nkyangjun@163.com
jiaotedacollege@nankai.edu.cn
xielsxyrs@nankai.edu.cn
dingxdzhang@nankai.edu.cn
haohaoyongwei@nankai.edu.cn
lanecojobs@nankai.edu.cn

Stay tuned!

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