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The British equivalent of the National Security Agency allegedly creates fake LinkedIn and Slashdot pages to hack into a major Belgian telecommunications company. Marc Andreessen's venture capital firm sells a third of its stake in Facebook. These stories, and more, in today's Morning Social Media Newsfeed.

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How U.K. Intelligence Exploited LinkedIn to Spy on a Belgian Telecom (The Daily Dot)
The U.K. Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) — the British equivalent of the National Security Agency — created fake LinkedIn and Slashdot pages to hack into a major Belgian telecommunications company. The hack was originally reported by Der Spiegel back in September, based on documents leaked by former intelligence contractor Edward Snowden.

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