Russian Interior Ministry Advises Citizens Against Posting Personal Dossiers on Social Media
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia has called on citizens to share fewer details about themselves and their relatives on social networks. Information such as places of study and employment, home addresses, and family details should be kept out of public profiles.
As reported by RIA Novosti citing official ministry materials, a comprehensive digital self-portrait can attract the interest of recruiters and fraudsters. Collected data enables them to analyze potential targets, locate weak points, and develop tailored interaction scripts designed to exploit trust.
The MVD further advises against conducting detailed public discussions of personal opinions and against responding to personal questions from unknown individuals. Before any conversation, users should verify the ownership of the profile in question. If a contact raises suspicions, the recommendation is to add the account to a blacklist and simultaneously file a complaint with the platform moderators.
This is not the first warning issued by the ministry on the topic. In October 2025 the MVD reminded the public that published personal data can become a valuable resource for fraudsters. Russians were urged not to publish full names, dates of birth, or any information that could be used to compile additional details about an individual.
Social networks have long ceased to function merely as collections of vacation photographs. For an attacker they represent a ready-made questionnaire revealing where a person lives, works, studies, whom they communicate with, and what they trust. The guiding principle remains straightforward: the less strangers know about a person’s life, the more difficult it becomes to construct a personalized scenario of deception or recruitment.
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