2026年6月10日，美国东部时间下午4:28 / 美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）
作者：霍姆斯·莱布兰德
6月4日，纽约的办公桌上摆放着联邦调查局徽章。
理查德·德鲁/美联社
摘要
- 联邦当局查获了十余个网站，据称这些网站被疑似中国特工用于招募拥有安全许可的美国前官员和现任官员。
- 联邦调查局称，这些共谋者利用虚假咨询公司、人工智能生成的照片和身份盗窃手段，针对美国前后任官员进行招募。
- 目前尚不清楚该 alleged 招募计划中是否有机密材料被泄露。
人工智能生成的摘要已由CNN编辑审核。
联邦当局已查获十余个网站，他们称这些网站被疑似中国特工用于招募拥有安全许可的美国前官员和现任官员。
根据联邦调查局针对此次查封行动的宣誓书，几名身份不明的人员利用这些网站作为幌子，以虚假“咨询公司”的名义在美国招募人员，以换取金钱报酬来获取敏感甚至可能是机密的信息。
这些网站据称发布了“国际事务分析师（远程）”、国防分析师、“退役军人专属职位”以及通用“咨询”职位等招聘广告。
宣誓书列出了通过这些网站招募的7名身份不明的人员，并表示招募者索要了包括中国与美国关系、伊朗以及巴以战争等多个主题的文件，同时不断索要内部或独家信息。
联邦调查局认为，运营该 alleged 计划的人员均身处海外，他们“有意或无意”代表中国政府行事。在周三的一份新闻稿中，美国司法部指出，这些网站的运营者“否认任何外国政府参与其中”。
网站的运营资金通过加密货币和境外银行支付。目前尚不清楚该 alleged 阴谋中是否有机密材料被泄露。
宣誓书称：“这些共谋者还通过境外账户向美国境内的各类受雇者支付报酬。”
联邦调查局表示，这些共谋者利用身份盗窃、人工智能生成的照片和视频，以及“为研究报告支付相对高额的报酬”来试图获取敏感情报。
据CNN当时报道，去年美国海军犯罪调查局的一份报告称，外国势力正试图招募联邦雇员，并利用特朗普政府 across 各机构大规模裁员的计划牟利。
美国海军犯罪调查局的文件经CNN审核后显示，至少有一名外国情报官员指示其线人在领英上创建公司简介并发布招聘广告，主动联系那些标注“愿意求职”的联邦雇员。
联邦调查局称，被盯上的招募对象是通过领英、Upwork 等求职网站上与中国政府感兴趣的主题相关的招聘广告被雇佣的。
根据宣誓书，这些共谋者据称从境外真实公司复制信息和照片，并将其用于诈骗网站。
其中一个网站据称使用了喜剧电影《王牌播音员》虚构演员阵容的推荐语，包括威尔·法瑞尔饰演的朗·伯甘迪和史蒂夫·卡瑞尔饰演的布里克·坦普兰德。
FBI seizes over a dozen websites it says were used by Chinese agents to recruit US officials
Jun 10, 2026, 4:28 PM ET / CNN
By Holmes Lybrand
Federal Bureau of Investigation insignias adorn desks in New York on June 4.
Richard Drew/AP
Summary
- Federal authorities seized over a dozen websites allegedly used by suspected Chinese agents to recruit US officials with security clearances.
- The FBI says the conspirators used fake consulting companies, AI-generated photos and identity theft to target former and current American officials.
- It is unclear if any classified material was shared through the alleged recruitment scheme.
AI-generated summary was reviewed by a CNN editor.
Federal authorities have seized over a dozen websites they say were used by suspected Chinese agents to recruit former and current American officials with security clearances.
According to the FBI’s affidavit for the seizures, several unnamed people used the websites as a front for fake “consulting companies to recruit individuals in the United States to obtain sensitive and possibly classified information in exchange for monetary payments.”
The websites allegedly advertised for such positions as “International Affairs Analysts (Remote),” Defense Analyst, “Jobs for Ex-Military Personnel” as well as generic “consulting” positions.
The affidavit lists seven unnamed people who were recruited through the websites and says the recruiters asked for papers on various subjects including China and US relations, Iran and the Israel-Palestine war — all while pressing for insider or exclusive information.
The FBI believes the people running the alleged scheme, who were all located overseas, were acting “wittingly or unwittingly” on behalf of the Chinese government. In a press release Wednesday, the Justice Department noted the people running the websites “denied any involvement by any foreign government.”
The websites were paid for through cryptocurrency and foreign banks. It’s unclear if any classified material was ever shared through the alleged plot.
“The conspirators have also paid the various recruits at accounts located in the United States through payments originating from accounts located overseas,” the affidavit says.
The FBI says the conspirators used identify theft, AI-generated photos and videos and “relatively large payments for research reports” in their attempt to gain access to sensitive intel.
Last year, a report from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service alleged foreign actors were attempting to recruit federal employees and capitalize on the Trump administration’s plans for mass layoffs across various agencies, CNN reported at the time.
At least one foreign intelligence officer directed an asset to create a company profile on Linkedin and post a job advertisement, and to actively pursue federal employees who indicate they are “open to work,” the NCIS document reviewed by CNN said.
Targeted recruits, the FBI says, were hired through job postings related to topics of interest to the Chinese government on job search websites including LinkedIn, Upwork and other similar sites.
The conspirators allegedly copied information and photos from real companies overseas and used them on the scam websites, according to the affidavit.
One of the websites allegedly contained testimonials from the fictional cast of the Anchorman comedy movie, including Will Ferrell’s character Ron Burgundy and Steve Carell’s Brick Tamland.
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