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Centre for Protection of National Infrastructure - Think Before You Link
A brief video demonstrating the risks involved in connecting with strangers on social media, specifically LinkedIn. Awareness of this topic will hopefully help prevent incidents like this from happening to you or your colleagues.
Criminals and hostile actors may act anonymously or dishonestly online in an attempt to connect with people who have access to valuable and sensitive information. They often do this by posing as recruiters or talent agents who will approach individuals with enticing opportunities, when their real intent is to gather as much information as possible from the target.
The consequences of engaging with these profiles can damage individual careers, as well as the interests of your organisation, and the interests of UK national security and prosperity.
This guidance provides practical advice on how to identify them, how to respond, and how to minimise the risk of being targeted in the first instance.