Chinese firms market Iran war intelligence ‘exposing’ U.S. forces - washingtonpost.com

Private Chinese technology companies, including firms with ties to the military, have been marketing detailed intelligence on the locations and movements of U.S. forces in Iran even as Beijing publicly seeks to keep its distance. The rapid growth of commercial satellite imagery and the amplification by open-source analysts increase circulation of potentially actionable information and make source attribution harder. Reports that operatives are also using LinkedIn and other professional sites to recruit Western personnel show a wider pattern of exploiting commercial and social platforms for collection and recruitment.