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Seriously? WTF? (hear-me.social)

submitted 1 day 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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[–] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 day ago

You know when you accepted the risk, boss?

This is the risk.