Truth 26 Identity thieves can hear you now…

Not all identity theft starts and ends with stealing your social security number (SSN). In fact, sometimes that is the last thing an identity thief needs. When it comes to stealing your identity, a thief really just need to know a little information about you and can then use that to gather even more. Recently, I was asked to test the security of a company that wanted to find out if a confidential database it maintained was at risk. Little did I know that this assignment would end with me exploiting Bluetooth technology in an attempt to breach this company’s security.

Not all identity theft starts and ends with stealing your SSN. Sometimes that is the last thing an identity thief needs.

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