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Mar 11 2008

MTV Experiences Network Breach

Posted by: Andy Alsop in Breaches, Links to articles, tags: Breach, Malware, Social Engineering, Trojan

According to SC Magazine Australia, MTV experienced a breach compromising the confidential information of over 5,000 employees.

…it appears an employee may have fallen victim to a social engineering trick that allowed a trojan to be installed on his or her machine.”

Interestingly, more and more breaches are as a result of tactics to dupe unsuspecting employees with access to corporate credentials as is the case with this latest breach.

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