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fma 86 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: A man was gifted his dream car by Kevin Mitnick, w...

Why hack a password when you can get the employee to just tell you.

deepsun 86 days ago | [–]

Because the employee now knows who might have done it.

imgabe 86 days ago | | [–]

The employee doesn’t know who you are. They met “Bob the support rep from Vendor xyz” who just needed access to fix an issue.

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