{'created': '2020-10-02T16:49:31.262Z',
 'created_by_ref': 'identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5',
 'description': 'Adversaries may search social media for information about '
                'victims that can be used during targeting. Social media sites '
                'may contain various information about a victim organization, '
                'such as business announcements as well as information about '
                'the roles, locations, and interests of staff.\n'
                '\n'
                'Adversaries may search in different social media sites '
                'depending on what information they seek to gather. Threat '
                'actors may passively harvest data from these sites, as well '
                'as use information gathered to create fake profiles/groups to '
                'elicit victim’s into revealing specific information (i.e. '
                '[Spearphishing '
                'Service](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1598/001)).(Citation: '
                'Cyware Social Media) Information from these sources may '
                'reveal opportunities for other forms of reconnaissance (ex: '
                '[Phishing for '
                'Information](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1598) or '
                '[Search Open Technical '
                'Databases](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1596)), '
                'establishing operational resources (ex: [Establish '
                'Accounts](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1585) or '
                '[Compromise '
                'Accounts](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1586)), and/or '
                'initial access (ex: [Spearphishing via '
                'Service](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1566/003)).',
 'external_references': [{'external_id': 'T1593.001',
                          'source_name': 'mitre-attack',
                          'url': 'https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1593/001'},
                         {'description': 'Cyware Hacker News. (2019, October '
                                         '2). How Hackers Exploit Social Media '
                                         'To Break Into Your Company. '
                                         'Retrieved October 20, 2020.',
                          'source_name': 'Cyware Social Media',
                          'url': 'https://cyware.com/news/how-hackers-exploit-social-media-to-break-into-your-company-88e8da8e'}],
 'id': 'attack-pattern--bbe5b322-e2af-4a5e-9625-a4e62bf84ed3',
 'kill_chain_phases': [{'kill_chain_name': 'mitre-attack',
                        'phase_name': 'reconnaissance'}],
 'modified': '2025-10-24T17:49:18.054Z',
 'name': 'Social Media',
 '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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