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Jyaif on Oct 5, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: Teenage hacker became a legend attacking companies...

From what I gather from the article he's doing social engineering, not technical hacking.

In other words: lying to, manipulating, and exploiting trusting folks, rather than finding technical flaws. Much less noble in my opinion.

dmix on Oct 5, 2024 | [–]

The what you do after social engineering and knowing what to ask for and pivot is very technical

CatWChainsaw on Oct 5, 2024 | [–]

In other words, all the things that politicians, CEOs, and Silicon Valley visionaries do?

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