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Ad tech firm Optimizely confirms data breach after vishing attack (www.bleepingcomputer.com)

submitted 21 hours ago by kid@sh.itjust.works to c/cybersecurity@sh.itjust.works

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[–] Sibbo@sopuli.xyz 3 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Is vishing phishing?

[–] sylver_dragon@lemmy.world 4 points 19 hours ago

It's voice phishing. It's basically a scammer cold-calling a victim and talking them into giving up useful information or doing things the user really shouldn't do, like entering credentials into a scammer owned web page or adding a new multi-factor authenticator.