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I once worked for a large telco, and although there were some basic security and verification processes in place internally, they were not rigorously enforced.
by zipwitch 8y ago
I once worked for a large telco, and although there were some basic security and verification processes in place internally, they were not rigorously enforced. An imposter or social engineer with malicious intent and the level of company-specific inside knowledge this scammmer had about their chosen targets for impersonation could wreck havok at my old employer, or I suspect many other large companies.
- wallflower 8y agoReminds me of the story about a hacker who got in by pretending to be an interior decorator for an office revamp https://motherboard.vice.com/amp/en_us/article/qv34zb/how-i-socially-engineer-myself-into-high-security-facilities https://motherboard.vice.com/amp/en_us/article/qv34zb/how-i-...
- wallflower 8y agoPreviously discussed. Thanks jsnell https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15516526 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15516526