Security consultant fools Wal-Mart store manager into giving up valuable information

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Security consultant fools Wal-Mart store manager into giving up valuable information

At the Defcon conference in Las Vegas, Shane MacDougall, the champion of this year’s social engineering “capture the flag” contest, tricked a Wal-Mart store manager into providing valuable information about the chain’s physical and cyber infrastructure over the phone.