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Just a reminder of how fucked we all are any time a social engineering attacker wants to target us. I once thought I was safer since I don't even have an Ameri
by always_good 9y ago
Just a reminder of how fucked we all are any time a social engineering attacker wants to target us.
I once thought I was safer since I don't even have an American address anymore and have been living abroad for years.
Nah, Amazon customer support answered an attacker's "so where was my last item shipped to" question after they authenticated by giving the support rep an address I used as a shipping address for one item almost 10 years ago.
The poor kid in TFA was doing some free social engineering pen testing.
- atonse 9y agoHe would’ve been a “poor kid” had he not swatted people and harassed their families saying he’d bang their daughter. What a waste of talent.
- calimac 9y agoIn what topic world would that wasted talent been identified? Yours?
- tekism 9y agoWhat?
- yorby 9y agomaybe he meant "he would NOT have been" instead of "He would’ve been a poor kid had he not swatted people"
- ryanlol 9y ago1) TFA doesn't suggest that the kid swatted anyone 2) Leaving ridiculous voicemails like "I'll bang your daughter" is exactly what kids do 3) How can you possibly suggest that those two things are similar? That's simply twisted.
- hackerblues 9y agoIt was an accomplice who used the information. "Mr Obama's senior science and technology adviser John Holdren had his personal accounts hacked and Gamble passed all of his personal details to an accomplice who used them to make hoax calls to the local police claiming that there was a violent incident at Mr Holdren’s house resulting in an armed swat team being deployed."
- ryanlol 9y agoExactly. It was not the person we're discussing, we presumably have no idea if the person being discussed was even aware of these events.
- oxide 9y agoThat's the danger of doxxing, once it's out there any sociopathic edgelord can order 15 pizzas, swat you, basically do some shit to fuck with you, except people get killed when SWATting occurs and you can just say I didn't order these when the pizza guy shows up.
- intrasight 9y agoWas my reaction as well. But, alas, talent and wisdom do not always come together.
- make3 9y agomaybe he wouldn't have been so good had he not been a psychopath, so the talent is its own downfall in a way