How To Sneak Into the Super Bowl With Social Engineering 164
danielkennedy74 links to an instructive story captured on video introduced with these words: "Sneaking in near press/employee access points without going thru them, zigzagging through corridors, and once carrying a box so someone opens a door for them, two jokers from Savannah State University social engineer their way into Super Bowl XLVII for the most part simply by looking like they belong."
USA Today has a slightly longer article.
Re:This was done 6 years ago (Score:5, Informative)
Yeah like the Chaser APEC prank [wikipedia.org]
Re:hmmmm (Score:4, Informative)
"Social engineering" is getting people to do exactly what you want them to do, that they normally wouldn't do, without them realizing that anything's amiss. But yeah, while that inevitably necessitates deception, I wouldn't say it's defined as deception.
Re:Who Belongs... (Score:4, Informative)
Hmmm Superbowl in Dubai...
I bet they would, NFL'd eat a dead rat sandwich if they thought it would profit them.