LinkedIn uncovered instances of abuse that involve the creation of fake accounts and believes the fraudulent activity, in some cases, is being undertaken by “nation-state actors.”

“In every case, we took immediate action against the accounts in question once we discovered the abuse,” the company stated in a press release. “We are not seeing specific instances of deliberate misinformation campaigns on our platform that some of our peer companies have recently disclosed.”

LinkedIn’s security teams utilize a variety of automated techniques, coupled with human reviewers and member reporting. “We also cooperate with law enforcement as makes sense to help keep our members safe, while always keeping our commitment to member privacy,” it stated.

LinkedIn was included in a recent Staffing Industry Analysts report on the social media groups most frequently joined by staffing firm internal staff.