Under fake profiles, agents offer money and lucrative business opportunities in exchange for sensitive information. Fiona Hamilton meets one of their targets
Philip Ingram was initially interested when he was contacted to do some work for a security company in Shanghai.
As a former colonel whose expertise includes specialist cyberintelligence work and knowledge of chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear weapons, Ingram was used to such approaches.
“I got a connection request from someone on LinkedIn, I get lots of them,” Ingram said. “His name was Robin, he was a Chinese businessman with links across the security industry in his profile. It fitted the sort of people I would connect with, so I accepted.”
