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> some of their employees fell for a social engineering attack This is becoming a more common trend - you no longer have to be a techie to "hack" - people ski
by FerretFred 5y ago
> some of their employees fell for a social engineering attack
This is becoming a more common trend - you no longer have to be a techie to "hack" - people skills are the up-and-coming essential tool.
- kadoban 5y agoSocial engineering has _always_ been a huge factor, either allowing exploits or making them worse. This has been true in tech since at _least_ the 70s. Realistically it's been true as long as society bigger than a household has existed.