Snapchat Employee Data Leaks Out Following Phishing Attack

Re:Snapchat Employee Data Leaks Out Following Phishing Attack by paulddraper on Monday February 29, 2016 @06:05PM (#11199439)

But how could you be social before the internet?

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Re:Snapchat Employee Data Leaks Out Following Phishing Attack by vermontdevil on Monday February 29, 2016 @06:17PM (#11199531)

Sending requests by mail with official looking letterheads for example.

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Re:Snapchat Employee Data Leaks Out Following Phishing Attack by e40 on Monday February 29, 2016 @06:47PM (#11199719)

Or fake invoices. I get them regularly.

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Re:Snapchat Employee Data Leaks Out Following Phishing Attack by nommm-nommm on Monday February 29, 2016 @09:49PM (#11200482)

Phone calls too

http://consumerist.com/2016/02/04/arizona-wendys-jack-in-the...

An unknown person told the manager on the phone that they were with the fire department and needed to conduct a diagnostic test on the fire system, police said. The manager followed instructions and turned on the restaurant’s fire suppression system. The caller then said what the manager had done had caused a gas leak, so everyone had to evacuate the restaurant and the employee was told to break all the windows to avoid an explosion.

Wendy’s employees complied and smashed every single window, while waiting for the fire department to show up. Once officials arrived, they confirmed the call was a hoax.

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Re:Snapchat Employee Data Leaks Out Following Phishing Attack by jacquesm on Monday February 29, 2016 @07:44PM (#11200002)

This got to the point where I actually tossed a real invoice thinking it was a fake one... That lesson cost me 40 euros in extra fees.

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Re:Snapchat Employee Data Leaks Out Following Phishing Attack by justinjlynn on Tuesday March 01, 2016 @03:36AM (#11201456)

Ask Frank Abagnale Jr. That was ten years before even ARPANET.

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