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Open-source intelligence is the collection and analysis of data from open sources (social media platforms, news media, blogs, forums, public records…).
Used in tactics: Incrimination
Mitigations
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Avoiding self-incrimination | An adversary can use open-source intelligence to collect information that you publish voluntarily. To mitigate this, you can avoid using social media and generally avoid making any information about yourself or your networks public. |
Used in repressive operations
Name | Description |
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Repression of Lafarge factory sabotage | Investigators collected metadata from photos of the action posted online, including the name and serial number of a camera[1]. This helped them identify a person they accused of taking the photos. |
2019-2020 case against Mónica and Francisco | The photos used to identify Mónica and Francisco in public CCTV footage were found on social media[2]. |