Back in the days of AOL, before phishing became mainstream, it was all about getting the leetest screen names or wielding power over inferior "hacking" rivals.

Back in the days of AOL, before phishing became mainstream, it was all about getting the leetest screen names or wielding power over inferior "hacking" rivals. One of the easiest ways was to befriend college kids who worked as CSRs and eventually extract enough info to call in and reset the password. That eventually stopped working so well when AOL added auditing to their customer support activities. History repeats itself!