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Post-Conference '$10 Gift Card' Emails Allegedly Harvest Professional Data
Original: The "$10 Conference Review" Used to Harvest Your Professional Profile For Profit Post-conference "review for a $10 gift
Cybersecurity commentators are warning about post-conference emails offering a $10 gift card in exchange for a session review. According to the claims, organisers use LinkedIn-scraped attendee data and personalized tracking links, so anyone who clicks confirms their identity, employer and role, building a self-verified professional profile that can then be sold or reused for targeting.
Why now: Security researchers are highlighting a apparently common conference follow-up tactic that tricks attendees into verifying their own professional data.
Evidence
- The "$10 Conference Review" Used to Harvest Your Professional Profile For Profit Post-conference "review for a $10 gift card" emails use LinkedIn-scraped attendance data and personalized tracking links to collect self-verified professional profiles (identity, employer, role,… · beyondmachines1@infosec.exchange · 2
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