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[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 78 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

A lot of hacking is actually social engineering. It's not hard to get a tech-illiterate person to give up their password, and that's the softest target for an attack.

[–] yokonzo@lemmy.world 31 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I prefer the old “drop a usb in the parking lot”

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website 21 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Be sure to put a label on it that says "secrets!"

[–] teft@startrek.website 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Nowadays you'd probably be more likely to get a hit by putting an "Anime titties" label on the drive

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Why would you drop a drive full of world news?

[–] dandroid@dandroid.app 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I prefer a label that says, "Warning: USB stick contains scary virus. Do not plug into a computer"

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Martineski@lemmy.fmhy.net 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

There are usb sticks that can kill your pc by getting charged and then discharging all the electricity at once to your pc so no sandbox will save you in situations like those.

[–] igorlogius@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

the softest target

Managment making notes

All employess must be buff! 
Fitness trainings for everyone are now mandatory!
Problem solved.
[–] UnculturedSwine@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Or even jaded tech savvy people. I work in IT and there have been a number of times that I have witnessed or heard about people who know better causing an incident because they're burnt out or irate.

[–] Sharkwellington@lemmy.one 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"Wait a second...I don't give a shit about this company."

[–] illi@lemm.ee 15 points 1 year ago

This seems like there is an idea for a joke or a comic here somewhere...

[–] hellishharlot@programming.dev 7 points 1 year ago

Happy employees are less likely to be socially engineered? Wow shocker