Glut of Fake LinkedIn Profiles Pits HR Against the Bots
Summary: KrebsOnSecurity reports a surge of fake LinkedIn executive profiles built from AI-generated photos and text copied from real accounts, with the Sustainability Professionals group blocking more than 12,700 suspected fakes this year and receiving over 500 fake join requests weekly. ISOutsource, a Seattle consulting firm of roughly 100 employees, found more than 3,000 followers falsely claiming to work there, and LinkedIn removed the ones not on a company-supplied employee list after a third complaint.
Bottom line: A group admin is fielding 500 fake join requests a week and one 100-person firm had 3,000 phony 'employees' on the network, while LinkedIn says it stops around 96% of fake accounts - meaning the volume it misses is the number your HR and recruiting teams are screening against.
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