China, European Union, France
Chinese spies fish for high-profile European targets via fake LinkedIn profiles

By Jérémy André, Antoine Izambard and Franck Renaud

Published on 24.03.2026 at 15:30 GMT Reading time 3 min

The European Commission in Strasbourg (pictured). Former EU Commission employees are among those targeted in a Guoanbu-run large-scale European spying operation. © Patrick Lefèvre/MaxPPP – Edited by Indigo Publications

Guoanbu goes fishing for secrets (1/3) - European countries have identified a large-scale operation run by the Chinese Ministry of State Security to obtain sensitive and even classified information via fake accounts on social networking sites. European nationals linked to NATO and the EU commission are among those targeted, several of whom Beijing has succeeded in recruiting.

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