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LinkedIn Used by Hostile Actors to Seek Sensitive Information Online, MI5 Warns

LinkedIn Used by ‘Hostile Actors’ to Seek Sensitive Information Online, MI5 Warns MI5 arm CPNI has now launched Think Before You Link campaign to spread awareness among government officials about this threat. By Edited by Gadgets 360 Newsdesk | Updated: 22 April 2021 13:06 IST Photo Credit: CPNI Highlights The UK is not the only country to have faced such an issue LinkedIn said its teams work to keep the platform a safe place LinkedIn has been used by “criminal and hostile actors” to approach at least 10,000 people over the past five years, according to British intelligence agency MI5. These anonymous “actors,” masquerading as recruiters, often connect with people in possession of or with access to valuable and sensitive information. They then present such individuals with lucrative opportunities, but the real intention is to collect as much information from the target, stated the Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructur

LinkedIn: Spies are using career networking site LinkedIn to try and steal national secrets, according to reports

Spies are using career networking site LinkedIn to try and steal national secrets, according to reports. At least 10,000 people in the UK have been approached by fake profiles linked to hostile states according to spy agency MI5. The BBC says the site is LinkedIn, a social media network people often use for work. MI5 warned users might have been lured into sharing state secrets, and officials warned people working from home through the pandemic had made them more vulnerable. READ MORE: The BBC reports at least 10,000 Brits have been approached by fake profiles linked to hostile states a site which it says is LinkedIn, according to spy agency MI5.(PA)

MI5 warns of spies using LinkedIn to trick staff into spilling secrets

BBC News image copyrightGetty Images/BBC image captionSpies are using fake profiles to steal classified information, according to the counter-intelligence agency MI5 At least 10,000 UK nationals have been approached by fake profiles linked to hostile states, on the professional social network LinkedIn, over the past five years, according to MI5. It warned users who had accepted such connection requests might have then been lured into sharing secrets. Malicious profiles are being used on an industrial scale , the security agency s chief, Ken McCallum, said. A campaign has been launched to educate government workers about the threat. The effort - Think Before You Link - warns foreign spies are targeting those with access to sensitive information.

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