When spies go public: NZ’s evolving language on China (opens original article in a new tab)

New Zealand's security agency has shifted its language regarding China, now explicitly labeling it as espionage, following a warning from the Five Eyes partners about Chinese military intelligence using LinkedIn to recruit individuals with access to classified information.

• NZ Security Intelligence Service previously called China 'a complex intelligence concern', now calls it 'espionage'.
• Five Eyes partners warned about Chinese military intelligence using LinkedIn to recruit people with access to classified information.
• The shift in language was highlighted at a NATO conference on strategic communications.