Crooks demand $4.5m to keep '80GB' of corp info private – and no API price hikes
    • TechyDad@beehaw.orgEnglish
      38·
      2 years ago

      Email: “Hi, this is IT. It looks like your password is expired. Please change your password by clicking this link. Ignore the weird from address and the fact that the link obviously goes to a noncompany website. We’re really from your IT department. Promise!”

      Way too many users: “Yup. This looks legit. Better coick that link and enter all of my information right now!”

      • TheOtherJake@beehaw.orgEnglish
        23·
        2 years ago

        “Hi Karen , this is HR. You can now log anonymous complaints about IT, by logging into this external website with your company credentials. We provide this for your security because IT is able to monitor in network communication.”

        • shmushroomsh@beehaw.orgEnglish
          9·
          2 years ago

          You guys are killing me! I know so many people who get their Facebook profiles hacked like this. It just cracks me up because it seems silly to fall for. It always looks wrong and the address is ridiculous.

          • Laneus@beehaw.orgEnglish
            7·
            2 years ago

            on some level, scammers are deliberating targeting the easiest marks. If you send out millions of phishing emails, you’re looking to catch a dozen or so of the least tech savvy people you can.

        • Hirom@beehaw.orgEnglish
          2·
          2 years ago

          There are such third party services for company to receive anonymous ethics complains, or to poll employees pseudo-anonymously.

          If done well it’s not using the company credentials.

          • argv_minus_one@beehaw.orgEnglish
            1·
            2 years ago

            Legitimate? Anything like that is at least one of two kinds of painfully obvious trap, namely:

            1. It’s some kind of criminal operation looking to commit industrial espionage, collect credentials, etc.
            2. It’s not actually anonymous, and is in fact being used by the company to root out and get rid of insufficiently loyal employees.
  • Drusas@kbin.social
    20·
    2 years ago

    The company falling victim to phishing should be pretty damned embarrassing to them.

  • cyd@vlemmy.netEnglish
    20·
    2 years ago

    Spez won’t agree to the API demand, because it’s a matter of ego and credibility for him now. His whole big shot tech-bro CEO shtick depends on ramming this through, like his hero Elon.

    So I guess we’ll see if there’s anything interesting in the corp data…

    • Fauxreigner@beehaw.orgEnglish
      6·
      2 years ago

      So I guess we’ll see if there’s anything interesting in the corp data…

      My guess is it’ll get sold, not made generally public.

      • Mothra@mander.xyzEnglish
        1·
        2 years ago

        I’m too naïve. Who else would be interested in that kind of data…? It’s not personal details and profiles, right? I guess I’m disappointed that if you are right, the public will never see who they shadowban or whose github got trolled.

        I just wanted the goss, but I’m no millionaire. :(

  • Stellario@pawb.socialEnglish
    9·
    2 years ago

    Part of me wants to go to Reddit to post my dick pics in every forum. “Post your dick and/or boobs for great Justice!”