The Target Hack

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The Target Hack

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34 minutes

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Aug 23, 2018

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If movies have taught me anything, it’s that if you want to rob a bank, you dress as the cleaning crew. The people behind the Target hack must have seen one action film too many, because when they decided to hack one of the biggest retailers in the world, they did so via the HVAC […]

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Aug 23, 2018

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Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Malicious Life by Cybereason tells the unknown stories of the history of cybersecurity, with comments and reflections by real hackers, security experts, journalists, and politicians.

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The Half Life 2 Hack: How far should a die-hard fan go, in order to bring closer to them the thing that they love? In one of the most interesting, yet relatively unknown cybersecurity stories, a young hacker attempts to steal his favorite game prior to its release and then ... by Malicious Life
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Dave Kennedy: The Psychological Principles of Social Engineering: Today on Malicious Life, tens of thousands of people get robbed. Then a community gets together to ask: should we take our money back, or let the hacker walk with it? by Malicious Life
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