{'created': '2020-10-02T14:57:15.906Z',
 'created_by_ref': 'identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5',
 'description': 'Adversaries may gather employee names that can be used during '
                'targeting. Employee names be used to derive email addresses '
                'as well as to help guide other reconnaissance efforts and/or '
                'craft more-believable lures.\n'
                '\n'
                'Adversaries may easily gather employee names, since they may '
                'be readily available and exposed via online or other '
                'accessible data sets (ex: [Social '
                'Media](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1593/001) or '
                '[Search Victim-Owned '
                'Websites](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1594)).(Citation: '
                'OPM Leak) Gathering this information may reveal opportunities '
                'for other forms of reconnaissance (ex: [Search Open '
                'Websites/Domains](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1593) '
                'or [Phishing for '
                'Information](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1598)), '
                'establishing operational resources (ex: [Compromise '
                'Accounts](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1586)), and/or '
                'initial access (ex: '
                '[Phishing](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1566) or '
                '[Valid Accounts](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1078)).',
 'external_references': [{'external_id': 'T1589.003',
                          'source_name': 'mitre-attack',
                          'url': 'https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1589/003'},
                         {'description': 'Cybersecurity Resource Center. '
                                         '(n.d.). CYBERSECURITY INCIDENTS. '
                                         'Retrieved September 16, 2024.',
                          'source_name': 'OPM Leak',
                          'url': 'https://web.archive.org/web/20230602111604/https://www.opm.gov/cybersecurity/cybersecurity-incidents/'}],
 'id': 'attack-pattern--76551c52-b111-4884-bc47-ff3e728f0156',
 'kill_chain_phases': [{'kill_chain_name': 'mitre-attack',
                        'phase_name': 'reconnaissance'}],
 'modified': '2025-10-24T17:48:57.975Z',
 'name': 'Employee Names',
 'object_marking_refs': ['marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168'],
 'revoked': False,
 'spec_version': '2.1',
 'type': 'attack-pattern',
 'x_mitre_attack_spec_version': '3.2.0',
 'x_mitre_deprecated': False,
 'x_mitre_detection': '',
 'x_mitre_domains': ['enterprise-attack'],
 'x_mitre_is_subtechnique': True,
 'x_mitre_modified_by_ref': 'identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5',
 'x_mitre_platforms': ['PRE'],
 'x_mitre_version': '1.0'}

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