MI5: Spies are using LinkedIn to steal secrets from UK nationals

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As many as 10,000 Brits have been targeted, including security and military officials, civil servants, defence contractors and pharmaceutical industry experts

Security agency MI5 has warned that foreign spies are using LinkedIn to contact British officials and steal classified information from them. The agency said that people using fake profiles Link...

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