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Security cameras in front of a portrait of former Chinese leader Mao Zedong at Tiananmen Square.

Chinese spies infiltrate LinkedIn with fake profiles and job offers, Five Eyes allies warn

An unprecedented joint notice was issued about the threat of attempts by Beijing to use networking sites and online job platforms to recruit assets.

  • Alex Wickham

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Australian employees of LinkedIn have been caught up in the Microsoft-owned platform’s global cull.

LinkedIn cuts hit Australia as global cull claims 875 jobs

Local leadership has been gutted but the Microsoft-owned company says AI isn’t to blame.

  • David Swan
Jeffrey Epstein went to substantial lengths to airbrush his online profile after his initial 2008 arrest and conviction.

Inside Jeffrey Epstein’s campaign to ‘disappear’ his criminal past online

After he left jail in 2009, Epstein hired a host of people to make him look better on Google, Wikipedia and many other places on the web.

  • Tiffany Hsu and Ken Bensinger
Jett felt engulfed by darkness after realising he’d been scammed more than $20,000.

‘Everything is dark’: How a fake job cost a young graduate $23,000

On the eve of the rollout of new scam laws, scammers are finding new ways to hit Australians. Consumer and industry groups are warning delays and gaps will allow mass fraud to persist.

  • Aisha Dow
AI interviews, including chatbot interviews are being adopted by some employers.

Computer says no: AI vetting rejects job hunters in record time

Experts are flagging the need for legal guardrails as employers increasingly rely on AI to screen applications and conduct job interviews.

  • Millie Muroi and Tim Biggs
Photos taken from the LinkedIn profiles of Amanda Qiu, the chief executive of BR-YR Executive Search, and Shirly Shen, co-founder of the Internship Union.

The two women at centre of Britain’s latest Chinese spy fears

The agents are using LinkedIn to reach out to possible sources they can exploit for information, MI5 told British MPs in a written alert.

  • David Crowe
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Amex is embroiled in a privacy scandal.

Inside one man’s mission to reveal the truth about American Express

After two regulatory investigations spanning three years, John Smith wants Australia’s privacy regulation overhauled.

  • Charlotte Grieve
A duo, who appears to be Astronomer chief executive Andy Byron and chief people officer Kristin Cabot, scrambled to hide their faces at a Coldplay concert.

How the ‘Coldplay cuddle’ brought chaos to a marriage – and a $1.5b company

The now-infamous concert footage of the married tech firm CEO and his HR chief sharing a moment could have serious ramifications for a billion-dollar business.

  • Abigail Buchanan
ChatGPT and other AI helpers are phenomenal accelerators, but, like performance-enhancing drugs, they carry hidden costs.

AI may make us more efficient, but it’s turning our brains to mush

ChatGPT and other AI helpers are phenomenal accelerators, but, like performance-enhancing drugs, they carry hidden costs.

  • Shadé Zahrai
Thousands of recruiters checked out my profile, but not one of them came knocking.

My bad job interview went viral on LinkedIn, but I still don’t have a job

As my post roared past 1 million hits I watched on excitedly as recruiters in their thousands, from Cape Town to Michigan, weighed in on my experience and viewed my profile.

  • Liam Heitmann-Ryce-LeMercier