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How To Sneak Into the Super Bowl With Social Engineering

Posted by timothy on from the appropriate-authorities dept.

danielkennedy74 links to an instructive story captured on video introduced with these words: "Sneaking in near press/employee access points without going thru them, zigzagging through corridors, and once carrying a box so someone opens a door for them, two jokers from Savannah State University social engineer their way into Super Bowl XLVII for the most part simply by looking like they belong." USA Today has a slightly longer article.

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  1. Gitmo by stormpunk · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe they can use their social engineering to get out of Gitmo after this video gets labeled by people with no sense of humor as terrorist training material.

    1. Re:Gitmo by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

      YOLO!

    2. Re:Gitmo by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      Yes, I do indeed like owls. How'd you guess?

  2. Re:Wobble Wobble Wobble... by mwvdlee · · Score: 3, Funny

    If you''re going to sneak into some place inconspicuously, the LEAST you can is bring along a complete camera crew.

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  3. Re:"by holding a box" by guttentag · · Score: 4, Funny

    Actually, carrying a box that looks burdensome implies you are doing work, so people assume you belong there. I once walked into the courtyard of a large "fruit company" by helping a vendor carry in a box. He assumed I worked there, and they assumed I was with him. I even got a name tag at the door.

  4. Re:Security is only as good as its weakest link. by thegarbz · · Score: 3, Funny

    Unfortunately the weakest link is always going to be found in the form of huge sacks of protoplasm known as "people".

    I've heard the TSA called a lot of things, but never "people".

  5. Re:congrats! - This isn't news by war4peace · · Score: 3, Funny

    This reminds me of someone who was planting lots of garlic around his house too keep the vampires away. No vampires around, so his solution worked.

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