National security experts say
foreign adversaries are using popular job sites like LinkedIn and Indeed to recruit spies and extract trade secrets from U.S. workers...
There are a few things to look out for if you think you’re being targeted on social media. - Urgency: Be cautious of anyone who connects on social media and makes it seem like they need information quickly.
- Do your research: Be skeptical of anyone who claims to be part of a company or think tank where there is little or no information available on the organization.
- Probing questions: Be wary of social media accounts that connect and follow up with a lot of questions pertaining to industry specifics.
“They’ll offer that person
an opportunity that is difficult to turn down,” said MacIntyre. “For example — an all-expense paid trip, a high paying new job — all of these can be appealing to people and then
once they get that person over into their country to agree to do that, those people are often put in compromising situations or are pressured to provide information that they shouldn’t provide.”Both experts said it’s best to follow the old adage:
if the offer sounds too good to be true, then it probably is.
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