Dumpster Diving

A dumpster diving attack is the malicious act of someone going through a victim’s trash to collect their sensitive information. Since this attack requires no special tech solutions or skills, it’s often used by parties on all sides of the law: cybersecurity professionals, law enforcement officers, journalists, or hackers.

How to prevent dumpster diving attacks.

You have to learn to distinguish between confidential and public information.

Stop and think before you throw any documents or devices away — do they contain sensitive data about you, your family members, friends, or clients?

Better safe than sorry, take much effort to shred documents or wipe device storage.