Unfollowed: How a (Possible) Social Network Spy Came Undone

2011-04-29 15:14

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/04/unfollowed-how-a-possible-social-network-spy-came-undone/ [When the early information about this story was coming out, it was that @PrimorisEra might have been spotting and assessing targets for a KGB honey pot operation. Which had me wondering, what have we learned since Robin Sage? - WK - @c4i http://science.dodlive.mil/2010/07/21/the-dangers-of-friending-strangers-the-robin-sage-experiment/ ] By Spencer Ackerman Danger Room Wired.com April 28, 2011 It started out with a leggy, bikini-clad avatar. She said she was a missile expert -- the "1st Lady of Missiles," in fact -- but sometimes suggested she worked with the CIA. With multiple Twitter and Facebook accounts, she earned a following of social media-crazed security wonks. Then came the accusations of using sex appeal for espionage. Now everyone involved in this weird network is adjusting their story in one way or another, demonstrating that even people in the national security world have trouble remembering one of the basic rules of the internet: Not everyone is who they say they are. "I think anyone puts pictures out online to lure someone in," the woman at the center of the controversy insists. "But it's not to lure men in to give me any information at all... I liked them. Theyâre pretty. Apparently everyone else thought so too." This is a strange, Twitter-borne tale of flirting, cutouts, and lack of online caution in the intelligence and defense worlds. Professionals who should've known better casually disclosed their personal details (a big no-no in spook circles) and lobbed allegations they later couldn't or wouldn't support (a big no-no in all circles). It led to a Pentagon investigation. And it starts with a Twitter account that no longer exists called @PrimorisEra. [...]

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