Editing LinkedIn (section)

==== Phishing ====
In what is known as [[Operation Socialist]], documents released by [[Edward Snowden]] in the [[2013 global surveillance disclosures]] revealed that British Government Communications Headquarters ([[GCHQ]]) (an intelligence and security organisation) infiltrated the Belgian telecommunications network [[Belgacom]] by luring employees to a false LinkedIn page.<ref>{{cite web |title=NSA Infected 50,000 Computer Networks for Surveillance |date=November 25, 2013 |url=http://www.securityweek.com/nsa-infected-50000-computer-networks-surveillance |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131129093013/http://www.securityweek.com/nsa-infected-50000-computer-networks-surveillance |archive-date=November 29, 2013 |access-date=November 25, 2013 |publisher=SecurityWeek Network}}</ref>

In 2014, [[Dell SecureWorks]] Counter Threat Unit (CTU) discovered that Threat Group-2889, an [[Iran]]-based group, created 25 fake LinkedIn accounts.  The accounts were either fully developed personas or supporting personas. They use [[spearphishing]] and [[Malware|malicious websites]] against their victims.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.secureworks.com/research/suspected-iran-based-hacker-group-creates-network-of-fake-linkedin-profiles|title=Suspected Hacker Group Creates Network of Fake LinkedIn Profiles|last=Intelligence|first=Dell SecureWorks Counter Threat Unit Threat|website=www.secureworks.com|date=October 7, 2015 |language=en|access-date=October 12, 2017|archive-date=October 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171013070207/https://www.secureworks.com/research/suspected-iran-based-hacker-group-creates-network-of-fake-linkedin-profiles|url-status=live}}</ref>{{third-party inline|date=October 2017}}

According to reporting by ''[[Le Figaro]]'', France's [[General Directorate for Internal Security]] and [[Directorate-General for External Security]] believe that Chinese spies have used LinkedIn to target thousands of business and government officials as potential sources of information.<ref>{{cite news|last=Samuel|first=Henry|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/10/23/chinese-online-spies-fool-hundreds-totally-unprepared-top-french/|title=Chinese spies fooled 'hundreds' of civil servants and executives, France reveals|date=October 23, 2018|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph|3=The Telegraph]]|access-date=October 26, 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181026222445/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/10/23/chinese-online-spies-fool-hundreds-totally-unprepared-top-french/|archive-date=October 26, 2018}}</ref>

In 2017, Germany's [[Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution]] (BfV) published information alleging that Chinese intelligence services had created fake social media profiles on sites such as LinkedIn, using them to gather information on German politicians and government officials.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-security-china/german-intelligence-unmasks-alleged-covert-chinese-social-media-profiles-idUSKBN1E40CA|title=German intelligence unmasks alleged covert Chinese social media profiles|date=December 10, 2017|work=[[Reuters]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171210151926/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-security-china/german-intelligence-unmasks-alleged-covert-chinese-social-media-profiles-idUSKBN1E40CA|archive-date=December 10, 2017|editor-last=Bigg|editor-first=Matthew Mpoke}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Grieshaber|first=Kirsten|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/germanys-intelligence-head-warns-of-increased-cyberspying-from-china/article37282135/|title=Germany's intelligence head warns of increased cyberspying from China|date=December 10, 2017|newspaper=[[The Globe and Mail]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171211040953/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/germanys-intelligence-head-warns-of-increased-cyberspying-from-china/article37282135/|archive-date=December 11, 2017|quote=Hans-Georg Maassen said his agency, known by its German acronym BfV, believes more than 10,000 Germans have been targeted by Chinese intelligence agents posing as consultants, headhunters or researchers, primarily on the social networking site LinkedIn.}}</ref>

In 2022, the company ranked first in a list of brands most likely to be imitated in phishing attempts.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-04-19 |title=Social Media Network LinkedIn Ranks First in List of Brands Most Likely to be Imitated in Phishing Attempts in Q1 2022 |url=https://apnews.com/press-release/globe-newswire/technology-business-social-media-software-hacking-5d3aba1daa5103a2793c68ab9089845d |access-date=2022-04-30 |website=AP NEWS |language=en |archive-date=April 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220430030054/https://apnews.com/press-release/globe-newswire/technology-business-social-media-software-hacking-5d3aba1daa5103a2793c68ab9089845d |url-status=live }}</ref>

In August 2023, several Linkedin users were targeted by hackers in hijacking and phishing bid.  Users were locked out of their accounts and threatened with permanent account deletion if they did not pay a ransom.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-08-19 |title=Hackers taking over LinkedIn accounts in widespread hijacking campaign: Report |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/gadgets-news/hackers-taking-over-linkedin-accounts-in-widespread-hijacking-campaign-report/articleshow/102837612.cms |access-date=2023-08-24 |issn=0971-8257 |archive-date=August 24, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230824003136/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/gadgets-news/hackers-taking-over-linkedin-accounts-in-widespread-hijacking-campaign-report/articleshow/102837612.cms |url-status=live }}</ref>