China has allegedly used fake LinkedIn profiles to conduct a spying operation targeting staff within NATO and European Union institutions, according to a European security source.

• The operation, orchestrated by China's state security ministry, involved fictitious accounts posing as recruiters to solicit non-public or classified information.
• Key organizations targeted include NATO and various EU institutions, with recruits paid between several hundred and several thousand dollars.
• Topics of interest reportedly included EU sanctions against China and NATO's strategy concerning Taiwan.