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How I attacked a fellow student

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Re: How I attacked a fellow student

#12

You would have been better off forcing them to register on your site to submit the resume, then check if they reused a password. Also you exploited trust in a way that could easily lead back to you.

That's very true, but it was just a class project, and wouldn't have been the end of the world.

Re: How I attacked a fellow student

#13
The title is a bit misleading. It's not an attack, more like well done social engineering.

But the context is very helpful - especially with the amount of detail you provide, along with the email exchange, one can see the target was totally abused.

The lanyard, laptop, false recruiting - you really overdid it, but I mean that in a positive way. I like it, it's so great - you could almost make a movie out of it ;-)

That's creative thinking. Congrats on your victory.

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