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Lawsuit says Clorox hackers got passwords simply by asking (www.nbcnews.com)

submitted 1 week ago by floofloof@lemmy.ca to c/cybersecurity@sh.itjust.works

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[–] onslaught545@lemmy.zip 20 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yup, it is. Social engineering is by far the most effective means of gaining unlawful access to any system.

Humans are always the weakest link.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 week ago

Exactly. Many breaches follow this pattern:

Learn the name and some basic details about the secretary or something
Call corporate tech support asking for a password reset claiming to be the secretary
Access important stuff since secretaries have a surprising amount of access

Replace "secretary" with some other relevant individual who has a surprising amount of access and wouldn't attract attention.