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Seriously? WTF? (hear-me.social)

submitted 6 days ago by Jerry@hear-me.social to c/cybersecurity@fedia.io

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Seriously? WTF?

“Cognizant was not duped by any elaborate ploy or sophisticated hacking techniques,” according to a copy of the lawsuit reviewed by Reuters. “The cybercriminal just called the Cognizant Service Desk, asked for credentials to access Clorox’s network, and Cognizant handed the credentials right over.”

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/lawsuit-says-clorox-hackers-got-passwords-simply-asking-rcna220313

#CyberSecurity #Ransomware #Hacking #SocialEngineering

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[–] pdxfed@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

The approach to limit complexity and scope in jobs to lower the educational or skill requirements (and transparently by companies resulting compensation) guarantees siloed work. Not only to people have a limited understanding of the work they're doing and how it connects but they have NO idea what other people are doing, or why--and that's even within the same department or function.