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Ex-Russian 'Sexpionage' Trainee Warns Silicon Valley of Romance-Based Spy Tactics

She details a step-by-step manipulation method she says is used to pry corporate secrets from isolated tech workers.

Aliia Roza said she was trained as a “seduction agent” as a teenager.
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Overview

  • In new interviews, Aliia Roza outlines a playbook that includes staged familiarity, love bombing, fake mutual links known as the “milk technique,” gaslighting, and ultimatums to force disclosures.
  • She says engineers and executives are targeted because long hours, social isolation, and single status can make them susceptible to romance-driven coercion.
  • Roza says she was trained as a teen and carried out fewer than ten missions mainly in Europe and the UK, focusing on criminals rather than American targets.
  • She says she was expelled from Russia after falling in love with a target, moved to the United States in 2020, and has obtained a green card.
  • Her warnings echo concerns reported by the Times of London about Russian and Chinese operations, and her account is being shared via a New York Post interview, a Neil Strauss podcast appearance, and planned book and documentary projects.