(AP file photo),BERLIN: The head of Germany's domestic intelligence agency warned on Sunday that China is using social networks to cultivate lawmakers and other officials as sources. In addition, Chinese hackers increasingly are launching attacks on European companies through trusted suppliers, he said. The BfV established a task force early this year which examined the use of fake profiles on social networks over nine months. The agency provided journalists with what it said were eight of the most prolific fake profiles on LinkedIn used by Chinese spies. Mr Maassen warned that Chinese cybergroups also were using so-called "supply-chain attacks'' to get around companies' online defences.

Source: Bangkok Post December 11, 2017 03:56 UTC