Why LinkedIn is a hunting ground for threat actors – and how to protect yourself

The article warns that LinkedIn is widely abused by nation-state and criminal actors as a rich source of corporate intelligence and a trusted channel for social-engineering attacks; it describes common LinkedIn-facilitated threats — spearphishing, BEC, account hijacking, infostealers, recruiter-style espionage and deepfakes — cites examples (Lazarus, ScatteredSpider, Ducktail), and recommends user training, MFA, patching and targeted executive awareness to reduce risk.