An individual is able to gain access to a list that includes sensitive information of company employees. The list was found in the company trash bin. This is an example of what type of social engineering?
Dumpster diving is a social engineering technique that involves searching through trash cans to find disposed of documents that could potentially be used to gain access to sensitive information. The act of dumpster diving is actually not illegal but the use of information gained using this method can be.
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