Dumpster diving/garbage disposal in C++

Dumpster diving or trash digging is a technique commonly used in cybersecurity and information technology and is often used by hackers to extract data. It is based on the fact that "what is of no value to one person may be very useful to another".

It is based on the proverb

"One man's trash is another man's treasure".

Digging through trash refers to searching in Internet trash (unused information) and finding useful information about companies or individuals for use in dealing with hackers related activities.

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dumpster diving is used to gather information in an attempt to hack or extract corporate information through phishing techniques that impersonate real sources and extract victim information.

Information that hackers can extract

General information like emails, contacts, etc.
• Passwords, login codes, account details, which may exist unprotected in the form of notes, open documents, sticky notes, etc. for easy access.
• Private information related to
• banking and finance, health and medicine, official documents.
Content related to
• business information, work- or business-related things.

Where Hackers Look for Information

Expired online databases, unused accounts.
• Junk systems, drives and discs.

How to protect your data from illegal access

Destroy all drives that may contain important data but are no longer useful, or permanently delete the data.
• Don’t leave personal data unattended and without password protection.
• Use a firewall and take security measures when surfing the Internet.
• Print all documents and keep them in a safe place, and destroy all digital copies if not needed.

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