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The Original APT: Advanced Persistent Teenagers

Krebs on Security

“Someone was trying to phish employee credentials, and they were good at it,” Wired reported. “They were calling up consumer service and tech support personnel, instructing them to reset their passwords. ” Twitter revealed that a key tactic of the group was “phone spear phishing” (a.k.a.