social engineering
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Jim Browning, a 'scam baiter' who hacks the computers of fraudsters attempting online scams, said anyone can become a victim of scammers, particularly as "what they are good at is social engineering".
From BBC
The attackers bypassed Claude’s safety systems through social engineering, convincing the AI they were legitimate cybersecurity professionals conducting authorized testing.
Such efforts are linked with an increasingly prolific North Korean cyberespionage operation that uses social engineering and fraudulent personas to gather intelligence, according to a new report released Tuesday by U.S. cybersecurity firm Mandiant.
From Washington Post
APT43 plays the “long con” through unusually aggressive social engineering targeting South Korean, Japanese and American individuals with insight into international negotiations and sanctions affecting North Korea, and steals cryptocurrency to sustain its own operations, according to Mandiant researchers.
From Washington Post
When the Commerce Department recently announced that large computer chip manufacturers needed to offer affordable child care as part of receiving government aid, some Republican senators accused the Biden administration of social engineering.
From Seattle Times
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