A ‘white-hat’ hacker catfished defense information security experts with a photo and personal networking
A cybersecurity test was conducted in the US to evaluate information security. The test involved creating a fake online persona, a young woman with a background in cyber threat analysis. This persona was used to interact with defense information security experts.
The results of the test showed that security procedures were vulnerable to breaches. The test was able to engineer violations of security protocols in a short amount of time. Further details about the test and its findings are available from the original source, which provides more information about the methods used and the outcome of the test.
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