Hacked Quotes

“Ali and his cousin Ahmad were seeking jobs abroad to enable them to escape the economic hardship in Pakistan that had been caused by massive flooding. Ali borrowed $4,000 from family and friends to pay an agent for a tourist visa that would enable him to reach Cambodia, where he and Ahmad were met by a broker. They paid the broker a further $1,475 each for a work visa processing fee, before being taken to a large compound in Cambodia's capital, Phnom Penh.
After their passports were taken and they were warned not to try to leave, they were forced to work alongside approximately 1,000 other people, each forced to scam five people daily with cryptocurrency investment schemes. They were watched over, fined and beaten if they failed to comply:”
― Jessica Barker, Hacked: The Secrets Behind Cyber Attacks

“Pretexting is when a criminal creates a fraudulent narrative, a convincing story, to deceive a target. The pretext will enable them to lend false credibility from a trusted figure or organization and will explain why they need you to take the action they want, such as sharing information with them or transferring funds.”
― Jessica Barker, Hacked: The Secrets Behind Cyber Attacks

“In a field whose purpose it is to focus on flaws, it can be easy to miss the wins. To only pay attention to the one time something went wrong, not the 99 times it went right.”
― Jessica Barker, Hacked: The Secrets Behind Cyber Attacks