# Oversharing is not caring: What's at stake if your employees post too much online

DevFeed: [Oversharing is not caring: What's at stake if your employees post too much online](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/oversharing-is-not-caring-what-s-at-stake-if-your-employees-post-too-much-online-8336.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.welivesecurity.com/en/business-security/oversharing-is-not-caring-stake-employees-post-too-much-online/>)

Author: Phil Muncaster

Published: 2025-12-01T10:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [WeLiveSecurity](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/welivesecurity.md>)

Topics: [Business Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/business-security.md>), [Social engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/social-engineering.md>), [Cybersecurity](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cybersecurity.md>), [GitHub](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/github.md>), [Malware](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/malware.md>)

Tags: [business](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/business.md>), [cybersecurity](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cybersecurity.md>), [developers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developers.md>), [github](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github.md>), [phishing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/phishing.md>), [social-engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/social-engineering.md>), [social-media](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/social-media.md>), [work](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/work.md>)

## AI overview

The article explains how employees' work-related posts on LinkedIn, GitHub, Instagram, X, and company websites can expose corporate information. Threat actors may use details about roles, relationships, technologies, repositories, events, vendors, and business activity to build convincing spearphishing or business email compromise attacks that steal credentials or deliver malware.

## Source excerpt

From LinkedIn to X, GitHub to Instagram, there are plenty of opportunities to share work-related information. But posting could also get your company into trouble.