Criminals Turn to LinkedIn to Gain Trust from Unsuspecting Users

A go-to staple for professionals, LinkedIn can pose dangers to unsuspecting users because people have come to have confidence in it and by extension, implicit faith that all accounts on the platform are legitimate. Enter the hackers. Cybersecurity firms say criminals have figured out how to subvert the network by posing as authentic, boring, cubicle-office dwellers.

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