OSINT in 60 seconds. Mind reading on TV

An OSINT team assisted a Channel 5 consumer education segment with presenter Alexis Conran, rapidly deriving personal details from minimal data (name, email, DOB) to mimic “mind reading” and demonstrate how scammers exploit open sources and breach datasets. Operating from a café, they leveraged Google, SEON, RocketReach, Epieos, LinkedIn, 192.com, and social platforms, plus breach repositories, uncovering reused credentials in some cases while noting OSINT’s validation challenges. The piece ends with practical guidance: scrutinize small print before sharing data, tighten privacy settings, use Have I Been Pwned to check exposure, change passwords, and enable MFA.