Fake Recruiter on LinkedIn Targets Top Secret Clearance Holders

Fake LinkedIn Recruiter Nabs Personal Data from Top Secret Clearance Holders

Want to get access to sensitive information about defense or intelligence employees? Impersonate a recruiter on LinkedIn. At least that’s what one Los Angeles, Calif. based dating coach did.

ClearanceJobs

4 Comments

Copy and paste this URL into your WordPress site to embed

<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="qi6PaZypXz"><a href="https://news.clearancejobs.com/2013/08/05/fake-linkedin-recruiter-nabs-personal-data-from-top-secret-clearance-holders/">Fake LinkedIn Recruiter Nabs Personal Data from Top Secret Clearance Holders</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://news.clearancejobs.com/2013/08/05/fake-linkedin-recruiter-nabs-personal-data-from-top-secret-clearance-holders/embed/#?secret=qi6PaZypXz" width="600" height="400" title="&#8220;Fake LinkedIn Recruiter Nabs Personal Data from Top Secret Clearance Holders&#8221; &#8212; ClearanceJobs" data-secret="qi6PaZypXz" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
/* <![CDATA[ */
/*! This file is auto-generated */
!function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document);
/* ]]> */
</script>

Copy and paste this code into your site to embed