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Reports Suggest There Are Spies On LinkedIn

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According to news reports, foreign intelligence operations are using LinkedIn to target and gain influence over American political affairs.

 

Apparently, a lot of US government officials accept connect requests from everyone. Some of these requests are allegedly from foreign spies. They create fake LinkedIn profiles with bogus credentials and computer-generated photos. They send connection requests to academics, politicians and lobbyists.

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The more people connect with these accounts, the more they seem more credible. This makes it easier for high-profile LinkedIn accounts to accept too, and the vicious circle continues. Reports also have it that the profiles send out thousands of connection requests per time.

 

Multiple independent cases of American public figures being targeted by foreign spies have been reported. A lot of them were Russian or Chinese spies carrying out their operations through LinkedIn. These cases are mostly of unsuspecting victims accepting their requests.

 

An official of America’s president Donald Trump’s former administration was a victim. He accepted a connection request from a so-called political expert by the name, Katie Jones. However, they discovered that the person was a fake and also, they could verify none of their credentials.

 

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It was also discovered that the photo of this Katie Jones was generated by Artificial Intelligence. It became obvious that Jones was not a real person. The person running the account also had the ability to exchange direct messages with political influencers while posing as a colleague.

 

Talk about a case of catfishing on a professional platform like LinkedIn. Interestingly, the site responded proactively by removing the account almost immediately. This was after Associated Press made inquiries about Katie Jones.

 

Users are likely to be more careful about the requests they accept on LinkedIn now.

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