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Exactly. Many breaches follow this pattern:

  1. Learn the name and some basic details about the secretary or something
  2. Call corporate tech support asking for a password reset claiming to be the secretary
  3. Access important stuff since secretaries have a surprising amount of access

Replace "secretary" with some other relevant individual who has a surprising amount of access and wouldn't attract attention.

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