ADVERSARIES ‘INCREASINGLY’ TARGETING TROOPS ONLINE
Trainees check their cell phones
Photo by: U.S. Army/Robert Timmons
Wed, 07/10/2024 - 07:20
Foreign adversaries are targeting U.S. Army personnel on social media, job sites and gaming chats, the deputy Army chief of staff for intelligence, G-2, warned in a message to the force.
Issued in June, the All-Army Activities message, or ALARACT, warns that foreign adversaries are “increasingly” using social media and fake job offers to gain sensitive information from Army personnel and their families.
On sites such as LinkedIn, Indeed, Reddit, Facebook Messenger, Discord and Line, the adversaries may begin by asking innocuous questions such as where a soldier works or their hobbies, according to the message and a LinkedIn post from Army Counterintelligence Command.
When the soldier or family member replies, the adversaries use the responses to progressively ask for more sensitive information or offer “disproportionate payment for services, like $1,000 for a two-page white paper or all-expenses paid travel to places such as China, Hong Kong or Macau,” the post from Army Counterintelligence Command says.
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