00:00Since 2023, Chinese nationals have successfully recruited young and capable workers in the Philippine government or people close to them
00:08to gain access to the country's top security and defense documents.
00:12In some cases made known to Rappler, civilian staff of the Defense Department were found to have submitted to their
00:17Chinese handlers analyses called from insider information, open source intelligence, and classified files.
00:24The common thread among these recruits, who are in their mid to late 20s, is that they all had financially
00:29unstable families.
00:31The Chinese bosses use social media scanning and social engineering to determine which Filipinos are most susceptible to doing the
00:38information leak.
00:39The breach happened as the Philippines started implementing its transparency initiative to expose China's aggressive actions in the West Philippine
00:46Sea.
00:46The Philippines' outdated laws make it difficult for security and defense agents to prevent and stop spying operations.
00:52In a statement to Rappler, the Chinese embassy in the Philippines says allegations of China's espionage activities in the country
00:59are baseless accusations meant to smear the image of China.
01:03Read the exclusive report on Rappler.com.
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