A woman calls a company help desk and says she's forgotten password. In a panic, she adds that if she misses the deadline on a big advertising project her boss might even fire her. The help desk worker feels sorry for her and quickly resets the password -- unwittingly giving a hacker clear entrance into the corporate network. . . .
A woman calls a company help desk and says she's forgotten password. In a panic, she adds that if she misses the deadline on a big advertising project her boss might even fire her. The help desk worker feels sorry for her and quickly resets the password -- unwittingly giving a hacker clear entrance into the corporate network.

Meanwhile, a man is in back of the building loading the company's paper recycling bins into the back of a truck. Inside the bins are lists of employee titles and phone numbers, marketing plans and the latest company financials. All free for the taking.

Hackers, and possibly even corporate competitors, are breeching companies' network security every day. The latest survey by the Computer Security Institute and the FBI shows that 90% of the 503 companies contacted reported break-ins within the last year.

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