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James Chad Olivier earned his degree in computer science in 1999 and has been in the information security sector over 20 years. His career has led him to some very interesting jobs, including reverse engineering voting machines, responding to some of the largest data breaches in history, and conducting security assessments and penetration tests for some very large clients. He is also a social engineer tester and has manipulated people into divulging sensitive information and allow him into secure facilities (he has never been stopped). He has given talks at security conferences and colleges, published articles in security trade magazines, and was featured in Baton Rouge Business Report (https://www.businessreport.com/busine...) and on WAFB ...more

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Trust Me I'm Lying: Banks Pay Me to Rob Them

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Trust Me I'm Lying

I have released a book containing stories of my exploits as a Social Engineer. Social Engineering is the use of deception to manipulate individuals to gain access to secure locations and divulge confidential or personal information that may be used for fraudulent purposes. The stories here start with my first nerve-wracking assignment to rob a bank of sensitive data and goes through several other Read more of this blog post »

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Published on May 08, 2018 18:47 • Tags: con-artist, cyber-security, hacker, hacking, information-security, new-book, social-engineer, social-engineering, trust-me-i-m-lying

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Dynasty of Evil (Star Wars: Darth Bane, #3)

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Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties

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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)

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