A personal portfolio, meticulously prepared for a job application abroad, has crossed a legal red line. State security authorities have recently investigated and handled a significant case according to law: Shi, a professional who participated in the design of an important national defense and military-industrial project, has been subjected to compulsory measures by state security organs for illegally possessing and providing state secrets to overseas entities.
Sensitive Project Used as "Bargaining Chip" for Employment As a professional designer, Shi had participated multiple times in the design work for a significant national defense and military-industrial project. Despite having received strict confidentiality training and being fully aware that the project was classified and that retaining related materials privately was strictly prohibited, Shi, seeking a personal career "advantage," privately backed up classified documents encountered at work onto personal devices.
More regrettably, during subsequent job hunting, Shi deliberately selected project screenshots containing sensitive information from the classified project, mixing them among ordinary work samples to craft a so-called "job application portfolio." This was an attempt to package state secrets as personal design achievements and highlight the experience of participating in national defense projects as a resume "selling point."
Overseas "Opportunity" Concealed Malicious Intent After Shi posted the resume online, a foreign company proactively contacted Shi, offering a high-salary "opportunity." Eager for the job, Shi let down their guard and proactively sent the portfolio containing classified project materials to the other party, eventually "joining" the company.
State security authorities discovered through investigation that this foreign company had long coveted the classified project information Shi possessed, and its recruitment motives were impure. During Shi's interview and employment period, the company's representative, under the guise of "evaluating design capabilities," repeatedly extracted and probed for details about the national defense projects Shi had participated in domestically, attempting to obtain more sensitive information.
Upon appraisal by relevant departments, parts of Shi's "portfolio" were identified as confidential-level state secrets. Their disclosure would cause severe harm to national security. Shi, knowing full well that the recipients were personnel from an overseas organization and that the content involved state secrets, nevertheless prioritized personal gain over legal boundaries. The actions涉嫌 illegally providing state secrets to overseas entities, and Shi ultimately faced severe legal punishment.
State security authorities emphasize that core technologies and information concerning important national defense and military-industrial projects are vital to national security. Personnel with access to secrets, holding key positions, must constantly remain vigilant about confidentiality, honor their confidentiality commitments, strengthen their ideological defenses, properly manage classified carriers, and strictly adhere to behavioral boundaries. Any act that treats state secrets as "personal capital" or a "bargaining chip for employment" and illegally provides them to overseas entities constitutes an infringement upon national interests and will inevitably be met with legal sanctions.
If members of the public discover any clues regarding the theft, espionage, purchase, or illegal provision of state secrets or intelligence to foreign institutions, organizations, or individuals, they can report them through the following channels: the 12339 state security authority reporting hotline, the online reporting platform, the Ministry of State Security's official WeChat account reporting channel, or by reporting directly to the local state security authority.
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