{"id":58664,"date":"2025-05-16T23:32:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T23:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/fired-us-govt-workers-uncle-xi-wants-you-to-apply-for-this-fake-consulting-gig\/"},"modified":"2025-05-16T23:32:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T23:32:10","slug":"fired-us-govt-workers-uncle-xi-wants-you-to-apply-for-this-fake-consulting-gig","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/fired-us-govt-workers-uncle-xi-wants-you-to-apply-for-this-fake-consulting-gig\/","title":{"rendered":"Fired US govt workers, Uncle Xi wants you! \u2013 to apply for this fake consulting gig"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chinese government snoops &#8211; hiding behind the guise of fake consulting companies &#8211; are actively trying to recruit the thousands upon thousands of US federal employees who have been fired since President Trump took office.<\/p>\n<p>Cyber and information warfare experts at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) uncovered five companies they say are part of a larger Chinese intelligence operation that posted ads on LinkedIn, Craigslist, and other smaller job boards and websites targeting former government employees on the hunt for new gigs.<\/p>\n<p>One Craigslist ad pitched: &#8220;Job Opportunities for Recently Laid-Off US Government Employees.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" data-pos=\"top\" data-raptor=\"condor\" data-xsm=\",fluid,mpu,\" data-sm=\",fluid,mpu,\" data-md=\",fluid,mpu,\"> <noscript> <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_onprem\/publicsector&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=2&amp;c=2aCgFrXqan3JKg8r_4zyA8QAAAVc&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D2%26raptor%3Dcondor%26pos%3Dtop%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_onprem\/publicsector&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=2&amp;c=2aCgFrXqan3JKg8r_4zyA8QAAAVc&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D2%26raptor%3Dcondor%26pos%3Dtop%26test%3D0\" alt> <\/a> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p>It says: &#8220;We understand that career transitions can be challenging, and we are here to help make the process as smooth as possible. If you have recently been impacted by a government downsizing, we encourage you to reach out and see how your experience can contribute to our dynamic organization.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" data-pos=\"top\" data-raptor=\"falcon\" data-xmd=\",fluid,mpu,leaderboard,\" data-lg=\",fluid,mpu,leaderboard,\" data-xlg=\",fluid,billboard,superleaderboard,mpu,leaderboard,\" data-xxlg=\",fluid,billboard,superleaderboard,brandwidth,brandimpact,leaderboard,mpu,\"> <noscript> <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_onprem\/publicsector&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=4&amp;c=44aCgFrXqan3JKg8r_4zyA8QAAAVc&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D4%26raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_onprem\/publicsector&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=4&amp;c=44aCgFrXqan3JKg8r_4zyA8QAAAVc&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D426raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" alt> <\/a> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<div class=\"adun_eagle_desktop_story_wrapper\">\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" data-pos=\"mid\" data-raptor=\"eagle\" data-xxlg=\",mpu,dmpu,\"> <noscript> <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_onprem\/publicsector&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=3&amp;c=33aCgFrXqan3JKg8r_4zyA8QAAAVc&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D3%26raptor%3Deagle%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_onprem\/publicsector&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=3&amp;c=33aCgFrXqan3JKg8r_4zyA8QAAAVc&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D3%26raptor%3Deagle%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" alt> <\/a> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Washington DC-based FDD, which on Friday posted a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fdd.org\/analysis\/2025\/05\/16\/fdd-uncovers-likely-chinese-intelligence-operation-targeting-recently-laid-off-u-s-government-employees\/\">report<\/a> about the Chinese campaign, doesn&#8217;t know if the hiring scam worked. The report&#8217;s author, senior analyst Max Lesser, declined to comment on any communications he had with former government workers who responded to the job listings.<\/p>\n<p>He did note that the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/2025\/05\/13\/trump_government_layoffs_frozen\/\" rel=\"noopener\">mass layoffs<\/a> since February have increased the risk that former federal employees could leak sensitive information, intentionally or not, leaving the US more exposed to foreign intelligence threats.<\/p>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" data-pos=\"top\" data-raptor=\"falcon\" data-xsm=\",fluid,mpu,\" data-sm=\",fluid,mpu,\" data-md=\",fluid,mpu,\"> <noscript> <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_onprem\/publicsector&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=4&amp;c=44aCgFrXqan3JKg8r_4zyA8QAAAVc&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D4%26raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_onprem\/publicsector&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=4&amp;c=44aCgFrXqan3JKg8r_4zyA8QAAAVc&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D426raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" alt> <\/a> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Federal workers impacted by recent mass layoffs understandably are placed in extremely difficult situations, especially considering that federal positions historically have granted workers strong job security,&#8221; Lesser told <em>The Register<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Even if a former federal employee does not intend to give sensitive information to the Chinese government, they may be deceived by the front companies &#8211; which variously pose as geopolitical risk consulting firms in the US, Singapore, and Japan \u2014 into thinking that they are simply working a consulting gig, rather than engaging with a hostile foreign actor.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"pullquote\" readability=\"7\">\n<p>If you have recently been impacted by a government downsizing, we encourage you to reach out and see how your experience can contribute to our dynamic organization<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The five companies purport to be either an internet services firm or consulting and headhunting outfits based in the US, Singapore, and Japan. They are said to be:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Smiao Intelligence \u2014 smiao[.]com[.]cn<\/li>\n<li>Dustrategy \u2014 dustrategy[.]com<\/li>\n<li>RiverMerge Strategies \u2014 rivermergestrategies[.]com<\/li>\n<li>Tsubasa Insight \u2014 tsubasainsight[.]com<\/li>\n<li>Wavemax Innov \u2014 wavemaxinnov[.]com<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Smiao Intelligence appears to be a legit company based in China. However, Lesser notes in the report that &#8220;one or more individuals associated with Smiao created the other four companies in the network, which are not authentic businesses.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>FDD began its investigation upon spotting RiverMerge Strategies on LinkedIn while searching for geopolitical risk consultant positions.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As of press time, both RiverMerge Strategies&#8217; LinkedIn page and website were offline. According to FDD, the firm had claimed to specialize in geopolitical risk consulting and listed offices in Colorado and Singapore. The biz&#8217;s website, however, listed a phone number beginning with &#8220;400,&#8221; a Chinese prefix, and was the same as another website affiliated with Smiao.<\/p>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" id=\"story_eagle_xsm_sm_md_xmd_lg_xlg\" data-pos=\"mid\" data-raptor=\"eagle\" data-xsm=\",mpu,dmpu,\" data-sm=\",mpu,dmpu,\" data-md=\",mpu,dmpu,\" data-xmd=\",mpu,dmpu,\" data-lg=\",mpu,dmpu,\" data-xlg=\",mpu,dmpu,\"> <noscript> <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_onprem\/publicsector&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=3&amp;c=33aCgFrXqan3JKg8r_4zyA8QAAAVc&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D3%26raptor%3Deagle%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_onprem\/publicsector&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=3&amp;c=33aCgFrXqan3JKg8r_4zyA8QAAAVc&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D3%26raptor%3Deagle%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" alt> <\/a> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p>&#8220;All of these factors suggest that RiverMerge Strategies&#8217; website was created and controlled by a Chinese entity \u2014 more specifically, Smiao,&#8221; the report writes.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"crosshead\">How to spot a fake<\/h3>\n<p>Dustrategy&#8217;s LinkedIn page has been removed, and the purported headhunting firm&#8217;s very bare-bones website doesn&#8217;t include a headquarters location. The only contact information is a 1-800 phone number. According to FDD, as of April 27, the source code for dustrategy[.]com included developer comments with simplified Chinese characters.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The strongest indicator that Dustrategy is not an authentic business is that Dustrategy[.]com partially clones Kforce[.]com, which appears to be the website for a legitimate staffing company,&#8221; according to the report.<\/p>\n<p>Tsubasa Insight, which claims to be a policy consulting firm &#8220;helping you design success in both US and Japan!&#8221; also appears to clone a website belonging to a legit Japanese life sciences consulting firm. Meanwhile, its web hosting and email infrastructure show that it was likely created in China, FDD says.<\/p>\n<p>And Wavemax Innov, which claims to be a Singapore-based nonprofit and &#8220;research organization that develops solutions to public policy challenges,&#8221; also clones a real company&#8217;s website \u2014 in this case, a New Jersey roofing company, roofexpertsnj[.]com. It also uses the same China-based hosting and niche email provider seen as the other likely inauthentic firms in the network.<\/p>\n<p>Between December 7, 2024, and March 14, 2025, all five companies&#8217; domains were hosted by China&#8217;s Tencent on the same server at IP address 43[.]134.121.240. Plus, four of the companies use a little-known Chinese email service provider, chengmail[.]com, which FDD says is rarely used &#8211; and especially unusual for firms claiming to operate outside of China while recruiting former US federal employees.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Perhaps to mask their connections to China, rivermergestrategies[.]com and tsubasainsight[.]com switched their email provider to privateemail[.]com in June and September 2024, respectively,&#8221; the report says.<\/p>\n<p>None of the companies whose websites were still online responded to <em>The Register<\/em>&#8216;s inquiries. \u00ae<\/p>\n<p> READ MORE <a href=\"https:\/\/go.theregister.com\/feed\/www.theregister.com\/2025\/05\/16\/attn_fired_us_govt_workers\/\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Phony LinkedIn recruitment ads? Groundbreaking Chinese government snoops &#8211; hiding behind the guise of fake consulting companies &#8211; are actively trying to recruit the thousands upon thousands of US federal employees who have been fired since President Trump took office.\u2026 READ MORE HERE&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-register"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Fired US govt workers, Uncle Xi wants you! \u2013 to apply for this fake consulting gig 2026 | ThreatsHub Cybersecurity News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"ThreatsHub Cybersecurity News | ThreatsHub.org | Cloud Security &amp; Cyber Threats Analysis Hub. 100% Free OSINT Threat Intelligent and Cybersecurity News.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/fired-us-govt-workers-uncle-xi-wants-you-to-apply-for-this-fake-consulting-gig\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Fired US govt workers, Uncle Xi wants you! 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