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April 17, 2008
Social engineering made simple
This is truly terrifying: when offered a chocolate bar as a form of payment up to 45% of women emerging from Liverpool Street Station were prepared to give away their private information and passwords. This is based on a survey of 576 office workers by Infosecurity Europe.
Honestly, girls, get a grip. A chocolate bar costs a quid. Your passwords and private access data could release everything from your bank account details to your taxation records and health information. Get some understanding of the damages that social engineering can do, and for goodness sake, keep this kind of information absolutely secure.
Posted by jj at April 17, 2008 5:05 PM
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Mmmmmm - lots of bright ones living there and using Liverpool Street Station. Chocolate Addicts Are Us.
Posted by: Mum at April 17, 2008 10:27 PM
Now now, identities aren't worth all that much ...
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/04/09/0128221
:-)
Ralf
Posted by: Ralf Muhlberger at April 18, 2008 7:19 AM
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