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If only there was a way to turn those IT skills into a paying career....

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[-] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 35 points 2 months ago

If only there was a way to turn those IT skills into a paying career…

Not much of IT skills. He just swiped the credentials of someone

[-] ZeroTwo@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago

Reminds me of those dumb ass people on my Facebook friends list that would post on their friends status that they've been "hacked".... No, you didn't hack shit, you're at their house and they left their computer on...

[-] FiskFisk33@startrek.website 8 points 2 months ago

tbf, social engineering is also a tool in the hackers arsenal heh

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 3 points 2 months ago

S O C I A L L Y E N G I N E E R E D

[-] oleorun@real.lemmy.fan 7 points 2 months ago

I couldn't come up with anything wittier....

[-] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

then:

Using credentials he stole from real people, Kipf also infiltrated other states’ death registry systems, private business networks, along with governmental and corporate networks – then tried to sell access to the networks on the dark net, according to officials.

fuck this guy, not only is he a posterchild for deadbeat dads, he's trying to profit off the darkweb.

this post was submitted on 21 Aug 2024
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