Foreign nations are reported to be scouring social media platforms and are targeting fired federal employees for recruitment.

Russia and China are attempting to recruit U.S. federal employees working in national security who were impacted by the Trump administration's layoffs, CNN reported on March 1, citing four undisclosed sources and an intelligence report.

Russia, China, and other foreign adversaries of the United States have recently instructed their intelligence services to step up efforts to recruit American officials who were recently dismissed or are at risk of being dismissed.

The Russian Federation and China are attempting to recruit US federal employees, with a particular focus on those who have been laid off due to significant job cuts, according to CNN. Anonymous sources familiar with recent US intelligence data told the publication that foreign adversaries,