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Question: Provide a constructive response to the following paragraph. The type of reconnaissance technique I choose is searching open websites/domains specifically social media. The reason why I choose social media is a majority of people share their lives on social media networks and not many think about the potential consequences it has. For example a hacker could copy the CEOs social network page whether it be like a linked account or personal social media. By posing as the CEO I could potentially gain the trust of employees who have access to information like client payment information, banking and routing numbers. Data that I could potentially sell. Based on my research there is not a sure-fire way to mitigate this type of threat. It is important to have the proper training protocols in place and not overshare about yourself if you are high ranking in the company such as a CEO. The amount of personal information that is less accessible the better. Its harder to impersonate someone if you dont know much about them. In one of my other classes we had to do reconnaissance on a company and within a matter of minutes, I was able to find the CEOs name but not only that track down his family what colleges his kids went to. I figured I could go down a rabbit hole and create an entirely made-up facebook account. Unfortunately, the internet makes public figures so accessible.