Re:Verizon just raised a big warning flag for Yahoo
by DanieI on Saturday October 15, 2016 @04:43AM
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A social engineer goes to the Verizon store and tells customer service that they have lost their cellphone. Customer service deactivates the owner's phone and gives the social engineer a brand new phone that's connected to the owner's account.
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Re:Verizon just raised a big warning flag for Yahoo
by rms_returns on Saturday October 15, 2016 @03:11PM
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Weird! Don't the Verizon guys do an ID verification that the person requesting the new phone is really who he claims he is?
Re:Verizon just raised a big warning flag for Yahoo
by JohnTHaller on Saturday October 15, 2016 @11:25PM
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They apparently didn't in boogie's case.