The US Central Intelligence Agency has launched a new drive to recruit informants in China, Iran and North Korea. The organisation posted messages on its social media accounts in Mandarin, Farsi and Korean on Wednesday,

The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) launched a new drive to hire potential spies in China, Iran, and North Korea after a similar successful campaign to recruit Russians. The CIA posted instructions in Mandarin, Korean, and Farsi on Wednesday for individuals in these countries to be able to “securely” contact the agency.

has said that disaffection in Russia after Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has created a “once-in-a-generation” recruiting opportunity for the CIA. The rise of “digital authoritarianism” has seen regimes such as China, Russia and Iran ...