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[–] 44 points 5 months ago (12 children)

No one got hacked. No one found an exploit and broke into Sony’s servers.

They simply called Sony’s helldesk who handed over accounts with little to no verification. WTF.

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  • [–] 32 points 5 months ago (9 children)

    If we're being pedantic, that's still being hacked. Social engineering is, like, the #1 source of hacking.

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  • [–] 16 points 5 months ago (8 children)

    Is this even social engineering?

    According to Wikipedia:

    In the context of information security, social engineering is the use of psychological pressure to influence people to perform actions or divulge confidential information.

    No one got tricked or pressured, the helldesk employee was just following established procedure. They did exactly what they were supposed to do.

    It’s just that Sony’s procedures are laughably insecure.

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  • [–] 15 points 5 months ago (4 children)

    It’s like going to the bank and asking for money and now you’re a bank robber.

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    Ok, at first I thought it was a typo, but is “helldesk” intentional? Like “Micro$oft”, because they’re the only company that’s bad because they seek money?

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