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Undercover Hacking, For Money

Posted by timothy on from the nice-work-if-you-can-get-it dept.

Dollyknot writes: "Amusing story of a guy employed by IBM to check companies security out by trying to con his way onto their premises." This sounds like a fun job, to say the least, and supplies at least two good reasons to own a digital camera.

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  1. who needs a disguise? by bigmaddog · · Score: 5, Funny

    I say this man goes to too much trouble to infiltrate these offices. At my former office, a bum walked in off the street, went straight through reception and out the back door with a $3000 laptop full of somewhat confidential information. Just some smelly guy in a dirty trenchcoat. I wonder what the receptionist thought when he passed by; that he was a programmer?

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    Even as you read this, your pants are strangling your loins! Aaa!

  2. I do this for a living too. by kemster · · Score: 5, Funny

    My neighbors pay me to do this as well. I check out their home security on a nightly basis. Usually they don't have the cash laying around to pay me, so I just grab TV's, VCR's, computers, etc, as payment. Of course, the way we play the game, if they catch me breaking in they call the police, but otherwise I get to keep the stuff. It's real fun, you guys should play with your neighbors..