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IRS Employees Fall For Hackers
linuxwrangler writes "Treasury department auditors recently posed as network technicians and attempted to get IRS employees to reveal their usernames and passwords and/or change the password to one suggested by the "technician". The result: over one-third shared their passwords. If there is any good news in the story it is that the 35% figure represents a substantial reduction from the 71% who fell for the ruse in 2001."
We need more incompetence out there giving away our life stories!
If there is any good news in the story it is that the 35% figure represents a substantial reduction from the 71% who fell for the ruse in 2001.
You know, there's an old saying in Tennessee - I know it's in Texas, it's probably in Tennessee...
I'm sure that all this bad press for the IRS must be really taxing.
Sorry.
There are 2 kinds of people in this world. Those that can keep their train of thought,
Anybody who's had any significant amount of contact with government workers isn't impressed. You could probably get 35% of them to stick their tongues in an electrical socket if a "technician" told them it'd make their "Internet work better".
The two hour echo strikes again.
H.
Wetware too is vulnerable to buffer overflow exploits. Annoy a person for long enough and they'll do what you say just to get you to stop talking.
English is easier said than done.
Wow! Tax chicks will date me?