CIA’s unique way of recruiting spies in Iran, China, North Korea

US Central Intelligence Agency (C.I.A.) after a successful campaign to recruit Russians to China, Iran And possibly in North Korea as well The spies has started a similar new campaign to get the services of

The CIA issued instructions in Mandarin, Korean and Farsi on Wednesday to allow people from those countries to contact the agency in a ‘secure’ manner.

Encouraged by the success of similar campaigns in Russia, CIA officials are trying to reach out to disaffected or angry people amid China’s growing cooperation with Russia and Iran.

The agency said it posted instructions on social media channels such as Telegram, Facebook, X, Instagram, LinkedIn and YouTube that people could contact the CIA through public or dark websites.

“We want to make sure that people from other authoritarian regimes know that we are willing to work (with them),” a CIA spokesman said in a statement.

The CIA shared similar messages in Russian in 2022 following Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.

A Persian-language video intended for potential Iranian nationals (CIA)

China, Russia, North Korea and Iran are known as ‘hard target’ countries where governments have made it difficult for other countries to enter to gain access to information or other intelligence about their operations. is

These countries block access to American social media platforms such as Facebook as inappropriate for the government. However, VPNs and other tools provide a way to avoid the censorship and surveillance that has led to individuals being targeted by authorities in some cases in the past.

In its viral videos, the CIA shared instructions on how informants can contact US intelligence officials without putting themselves at risk.

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It asks people to use the darknet, a part of the Internet that can only be accessed with special tools designed to hide the user’s identity.

Tips presented in text-only videos and infographics include using virtual private networks (VPNs) to avoid Internet restrictions and surveillance, and using a device that can’t easily be accessed by a user. .

The CIA urged any potential informant to use a private web browser and delete their Internet history to cover their tracks.

A Mandarin-language video posted on YouTube with only written instructions advises people to access the CIA’s official website using a trusted encrypted VPN or TOR network. Contact through the site.

It says your safety is our top priority. It asked for the names, locations and contact details of individuals unrelated to a person’s true identity, as well as information that might be of interest to the CIA. Stating that responses cannot be guaranteed and may take time.

“People are trying to reach us from all over the world and we are giving them instructions on how to do it safely,” the agency said in a statement.

“There are a lot of people who have information and are not happy with the Xi regime in China,” CIA Deputy Director David Cohen told Bloomberg.

“You have people within you who see what’s going on and for many different reasons they fundamentally don’t like the direction in which Xi Jinping is taking the country,” he added. are and understand that there is a way to help their country by working with us.’

China has objected to the move, calling it a “systematic and planned” campaign by Washington to spread false information against China.

“Any attempt to create a rift between the Chinese people and the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) or weaken their close ties will inevitably fail,” Chinese embassy spokesman Liu Pengyu said.