Creator of HaveIBeenPwned Data Breach Site Falls for Phishing Email

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• AFC1886VCC@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  At least he admitted it. That’s worthy of respect I think. Just proves that nobody is invulnerable.

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  • Rooskie91@discuss.online ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    That’s really how we should think about a lot of things. People don’t fall for stuff because they’re dumb. They fall for stuff because they’re vulnerable.

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• LiveLM@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  The biggest takeaway for me is this:

  but we all have moments of weakness and if the phish times just perfectly with that, well, here we are.

  We can never assume we’re above it, all it takes is one not-so-good day to cause you to slip

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• shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Okay, I’m sorry, but that’s just kind of ironic.

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  • ogmios@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    It’s a pretty great example to highlight just how insecure the digital environment is. Only takes one tiny mistake to open yourself up to significant harm.

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• MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Phishing emails are getting pretty good these days, and fairly well targeted too. I get some at work that are fairly convincing, emulating emails from services we actually use.

  However…

  “Hunt clicked on the phishing email, which led him to enter his credentials and one-time passcode into a hacker-controlled login page.”

  Using any password manager would have prevented this (or at least made it a lot more likely to realize something is wrong), because it will only enter your credentials on the correct domain name.

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  • deceiver@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

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    • MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      That would make more sense than not having a PW manager, sometimes you’re just so tired out that you run on autopilot without thinking about things.

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  • GeekMan@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Heh yeah they’re getting better.

    One day working in I.T. at a bank, I received an email that was formatted and written really convincingly that someone has referred me for a bigger role with a salary bump, with light/abstract details that could ‘be inferred as’ relevant to my country, sector & role. It just asked to click-through to see the opportunity-

    -which popped-up a warning from the company’s I.T. security that this was a phishing testing/training email, and I’d failed.

    I usually evade a phish, but this slightly-targeted one got me good.

    After that I had to ritualistically double-check potentially legitimate emails from external domains, for sketchy domains/short URLs/links/tracking cookies etc, because they included vendors & 3rd party consultants or contractors we were working with.

    At least (the) God(s) know scammers are bad people.

    Heh.

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• miss_demeanour@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Plays the ‘jetlagged’ card.

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