Dumpster Diving


In the most literal sense: Dumpster diving is when a social engineer searches through trash to find personal and corporate information.

They use this information to aid in a later attack. For instance, if a social engineer found a list of customer information in a company’s dumpster, they could use that information to impersonate those customers – and take over their accounts.


Lots of sensitive information can wind up in the trash!

Including blueprints, financial information, passwords, storage drives, IDs, and documents.

When dealing with sensitive documents, make sure to dispose of them properly

Shred them, don't throw them away.

 

For more information, learn more about safe Media Disposal.