You Don’t Say…
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Could never have imagined that this would happen!
When a social media message pops up offering a high-paying consulting job from an unknown recruiter, it’s easy to be intrigued.
But before you accept this too-good-to-be-true offer, think twice.
For many current and former members of the Department of the Air Force, and increasingly, across the entire U.S. government workforce, this is the first step in a recruitment scheme by foreign intelligence entities, officials warn.
“Our adversaries are exploiting personal freedoms and online platforms to target our people,” said a counterintelligence analyst assigned to the Air Force Office of Special Investigations Center. “These aren’t random messages. They’re calculated attempts to exploit trust.”
The analyst could not be named for operational reasons. However, their concern was echoed at the highest levels of the agency.
“These aren’t just job offers, they’re intelligence operations in disguise,” said Special Agent Lee Russ, AFOSI Office of Special Projects executive director. “Our adversaries are targeting the very people who’ve kept this nation secure.”
According to an April 2025 memo from the National Counterintelligence and Security Center, hostile foreign intelligence entities have targeted U.S. government personnel by posing as consulting firms, headhunters and think tanks.
Huh. I wonder why so many folks are so interested in receiving job offers, in this Year of Our Lord Two Thousand and Twenty-Five? Why are adversaries suddenly solicitous of the very people who’ve kept this nation secure? I’m sure that the Information Security Administration is on the case…
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