Episode 77 - An Analogy Wrapped in an Inception Surrounded by Idiots

<p><strong>This Week in Infosec</strong></p><p>With content liberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account</p><p>13th October 1999: An episode of the "True Life" documentary series titled "I'm a Hacker" aired on MTV. Afterwards one of the hackers featured on the show, Shamrock, issued a statement revealing that the whole thing was a hoax to dupe MTV. D'oh</p><p><a href="https://www.zdnet.com/article/mtv-made-to-look-ridiculous-by-fake-hacker/">MTV made to look ridiculous by fake hacker</a></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/o9ckMAqn4gY">True Life 'I'm a Hacker' 1 of 2</a></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/WqujZxEsqqU">True Life ‘I’m a Hacker’ 2 of 2</a></p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1316187816540413953">https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1316187816540413953</a>  </p><p>9th October 1999: A year after Staples launched its website, it was compromised.</p><p>Add malicious code? Nope.</p><p>Deface with a political message. No. </p><p>Redirect to a porn site? Nah. </p><p>Then what!? Advertisements were added which led to one of its competitors, Office Depot. </p><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/5998a45685b94e569c76c1908497d320">Staples Sues Unnamed Hacker</a></p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1314710023931559937">https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1314710023931559937</a></p><p> </p><p><strong>As Seen on Reddit</strong></p><p>Superlative levels of TechBro shithousery in the technical recruitment zone of San Francisco</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/SubredditDrama/comments/q80h7h/tech_bro_invents_a_skip_the_interview_tool_where/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf">Tech bro invents a "skip the interview" tool where you can crowdfund your way into getting a job. r/recruitinghell is having none of it.</a></p><p> </p><p><strong> Billy Big Balls of the Week</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2021/10/14/huge-bank-fraud-uses-deep-fake-voice-tech-to-steal-millions/?sh=43bdf3c27559">Fraudsters Cloned C