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HACKER USED A VOICE PHISHING ATTACK TO STEAL CISCO CUSTOMERS' PERSONAL INFORMATION

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A hacker used a voice phishing (“vishing”) call to trick a Cisco representative, gaining access to their third-party CRM system and stealing Cisco.com users' personal data: names, organizations, addresses, emails, phone numbers, and more. The company did not disclose how many users this sophisticated social engineering breach affected.