GoDaddy reportedly has admitted one of its employees handed out customer information to a scammer who carried out a scheme to obtain a prime Twitter account. Naoki Hiroshima this week detailed how the scammer was able to force him to hand over his prime Twitter account, @N. The scammer used social engineering to accomplish his goal, obtaining Hiroshima’s personal information to impersonate him. The scammer apparently was able to provide enough information to convince customer service representatives at PayPal and GoDaddy that he was Hiroshima.
why do you keep saying "personal information"???? there isn't any personal info due to everyone demanding and storing "personal information". worked at comcast previously and their policy is ssn, dob, mother maiden name is all readily available and cannot be used for identification. comcast assigns separate id/password to assist customers with telephone information, due to abuse by telephone industry.
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Slipshod Security, Human Frailty Made @N Ripe for Plucking
Posted by: Kris Holt January 30, 2014 01:23 PMGoDaddy reportedly has admitted one of its employees handed out customer information to a scammer who carried out a scheme to obtain a prime Twitter account. Naoki Hiroshima this week detailed how the scammer was able to force him to hand over his prime Twitter account, @N. The scammer used social engineering to accomplish his goal, obtaining Hiroshima’s personal information to impersonate him. The scammer apparently was able to provide enough information to convince customer service representatives at PayPal and GoDaddy that he was Hiroshima.