Their methods include approaching students online and “promising lucrative and simple part-time jobs” to lure minors into their traps, the ministry said.
The ministry warned that foreign spies sometimes employ tactics similar to pyramid schemes to entice their targets into recruiting their friends and classmates.
“This strategy maximises their ability to collect and steal intelligence. Such cases often involve many individuals and pose significant harm,” it said.
The article cited the case of a high school student in an unidentified coastal region. The student, surnamed Wu, was approached online by someone claiming to represent a company offering part-time work that involved taking photos of local billboards. Initially wary, Wu’s caution waned after earning a referral bonus for convincing a classmate to join.
