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Originally Posted by baddog
That is precisely why some things will just not be done by phone. And if what Bareback posted is true; wow.
Safety first. Wonder how the person was able to answer the security questions properly; must know him.
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All of that personal information is on the web. Shared willingly.
Surprised you are unaware of social engineering. Kevin Mitnick was asked if a computer locked in a safe offline was the safest place to put it. He replied no, he'd just ring up, get someone to open the safe and turn it on for him.
The best one his did before he turned whitehat was to go into an office and 'accidentally' drop a floppy disc with salaries.xls written on it. SOMEONE would find it, and they would, out of curiosity put it in their PC. Bingo. He was then in.
Nowadays hardly anyone does brute force attacks. It's so much easier just to ask people to tell you the information.
A survey showed that 70% of people would give up their passwords in return for a bar of chocolate.
http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/sec...-near-you/5368
Fascinating.