Friday, May 20, 2005

Paris Hilton Hack Started With Old-Fashioned Con

In February, I posted about the "hacking" of Paris Hilton's T-Mobile Sidekick (Paris Hilton's Sidekick gets hacked), exposing her personal information and photos. The Washington Post is running a story today about how the T-Mobile system was penetrated. Contrary to initial speculation, it was mostly good old fashioned "social engineering": Paris Hilton Hack Started With Old-Fashioned Con.

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