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December 12, 2003
Oh the (security) irony
The most prominent security event of the year, the World Summit on Information Security. Everyone who's anyone and has an interest in managing information securely.
The process is almost hilarious. Though there was obviously some thought given to ensuring only the right people got into the conference (letter of invitation, registration number), those practices apparently were not adhered to. So with some very basic social engineering (getting the name of a scheduled attendee from the WSIS web site and creating a fake ID from it), registration was a breeze.
The conference hackers were also able to compromise the physical screening system (which included metal detectors, Xrays and military guards) by arriving at the summit two days early, when there was no security and anyone could carry in anything they wanted.
You'd think...
Posted by pete at December 12, 2003 10:36 AM