What's the easiest way to hack into the
computer systems of a credit union? It
turns out that all you need to do is copy
a virus/trojan onto USB drives and
scatter them around the front door of the
credit union. This was how a recent
security audit was performed at a credit
union where the employees had actually
been tipped off to the audit. Security
experts collected 20 old USB thumb drives
and filled them with images and other
data along with a trojan that would
collect sensitive information and e-mail
it back to them. Early one morning they
planted the thumb drives around the
entrances to the credit union as well as
other public places where the employees
were known to congregate. In very little
time 15 of the 20 USB drives were plugged
into company computer systems and
started e-mailing usernames, passwords,
etc. back to the auditors.
