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Re:Namecheap live chat social engineering leads to loss of 2... by tamar on Tuesday April 12, 2016 @11:03AM (#11480141)
There are identification methods requested via chat. Matt invited you to try it. Go for it.
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Re:Namecheap live chat social engineering leads to loss of 2... by vehementi on Tuesday April 12, 2016 @12:35PM (#11481040)
Parent's point was, how do you tell whether or not your rep was socially engineered? Only some mistakes get complained about. If you don't have such a method then your "10000 sessions a day without a problem" number is fantasy.
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Re:Namecheap live chat social engineering leads to loss of 2... by fefifofu on Tuesday April 12, 2016 @06:22PM (#11484088)
We don't need to try. A hacker already did and was successful.
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