Britain’s MI5 warned lawmakers Tuesday that Chinese operatives are stepping up efforts to gather information and influence political activity, marking the agency’s latest alert over suspected Beijing-linked spying in Parliament.

Lawmakers were told Chinese spies were targeting them by posing as headhunters or companies to make contact, with two individuals reaching out on LinkedIn to "conduct outreach at scale on behalf" of the Chinese government.

The speakers of the lower and upper houses of parliament said MI5 had said the Chinese Ministry of State Security was "acti

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