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Not OP, but if you are from LinkedIn or affiliated in any way I hope you understand the apperance of you as a fresh account with 2 karma just inquiring for the case # must seem odd and not entirely legit. In any case, it raises a set of red flags for me.
80 days ago isn't new enough to be unduly alarming, surely?
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I wonder whether by compromised you mean: 1. compromised in the spy movie sense of them voluntarily passing information to the scammers (potentially for money) 2. compromised in the IT security sense of their accounts or computers having been hacked 3. some superset of 1. and 2.
> in the spy movie sense It’s not just in the movies. https://krebsonsecurity.com/2022/03/a-closer-look-at-the-lap... > Microsoft says LAPSUS$ — which it boringly calls “DEV-0537” — mostly gains illicit access to targets via “social engineering.” This involves bribing or tricking employees at the target organization or at its myriad partners, such as customer support call centers and help desks. > “Microsoft found in…
Or people they unknowingly hired?
Small distinction?
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I’m not sure I understand the value of reporting this to Microsoft? Wouldn’t it be better to submit an online tip to law enforcement? Is Microsoft doing law enforcement activity now?
LinkedIn is a Microsoft product, so they would have the ability and interest in understanding what broke here.
Nobody really needs linked in. I wouldn't worry about it.
I reported someone for spamming me with an insurance sells scam, within a few hours I'm informed this spam is just fine.
However, given your warning I'll refrain from reporting spam in the future.
I don't understand the problem. You wanted to remain on a Microsoft social network being used for spam posts? Why?
I am a PM with LinkedIn. DM me and I can try to funnel this to the right channels. I'll be the first to say that there are a lot of problems with LinkedIn, but the company's "heart" is generally in the right place.
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Not directly related, whenever I get a new connection request, it is hard to tell if a person is real. Particularly if I don't know them first hand. The job history can be fake and profile photo generated by some GAN. It sucks but yeah, then later on they pitch something to you.
Why would you consider a connection from somebody you have not worked with?
edit: part of it in my rationale is "being nice" but yeah I mostly use LinkedIn to get a job