Foreign adversaries including Russia and China have recently directed their intelligence services to ramp up recruiting of US federal employees working in national security, targeting those who have been fired or feel they could be soon,

The effort aims to exploit the Trump administration’s planned mass layoffs across federal agencies, according to sources familiar with

In one case, a foreign intelligence officer allegedly instructed an asset to create a company profile on LinkedIn, post a job listing, and actively pursue federal employees who have marked themselves as "open to work,

The Russian Federation and China are attempting to recruit US federal employees, with a particular focus on those who have been laid off due to significant job cuts, according to CNN. Anonymous sources familiar with recent US intelligence data told the publication that foreign adversaries,

The intelligence services of Russia, China, and other foreign adversaries are attempting to recruit U.S. federal workers who lost their jobs in the DOGE -directed massive layoffs, according to a report.