'Robin Sage' Social Hoax Duped Military, Security Pros

Posted by timothy on Wednesday July 7, 2010 @04:08AM from the keep-mum-about-this-job dept.

ancientribe writes "A social networking experiment of a phony female military security professional known as 'Robin Sage' (named after a US Army Special Forces training exercise) worked way too well, fooling even the most security-savvy professionals on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter. It also led to the leakage of sensitive military information after an Army Ranger accepted 'Robin's' friend request on Facebook and his photos from Afghanistan exposed geolocation information accessible to 'Robin.' The researcher who conducted the experiment will show off his findings at the upcoming Black Hat USA conference in Las Vegas, where the real woman pictured in the profiles is scheduled to introduce him for his presentation."

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Re:I'm pretty sure by twidarkling · 2010-07-07 04:43 · Score: 4, Funny

Portage. It's not just for birchbark canoes.

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Canada: The US's more awesome sibling.
Re:the army is obselete by jfoobaz · 2010-07-07 04:51 · Score: 5, Funny

The French naval blockade of the Chesapeake Bay and some bad weather up the York River didn't hurt either.
Yeah, if it weren't for the French, Americans would be speaking English today.
Re:I'm pretty sure by oiron · 2010-07-07 04:57 · Score: 4, Funny

They're compiling ships from source now?
Fascinating!