Hackers shoveled snow for company, were rewarded with network admin access
Professional red teamers gained unauthorized access to a corporate network by posing as IT staff and assisting maintenance workers with snow removal. The incident highlights how physical security lapses can lead to severe cybersecurity breaches.
Why it matters
This demonstrates that even sophisticated digital security can be bypassed through simple social engineering and physical access vulnerabilities.
Fortunately, they were professional red teamers. Unfortunately, they pwned the network
The article is a technical case study focused on security education rather than political or social bias.
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