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Less a hack, more social engineering. It was not an intrusion of cryptography or computer systems, it was an intrusion of people.
by qwertzlcoatl 14y ago
Less a hack, more social engineering. It was not an intrusion of cryptography or computer systems, it was an intrusion of people.
- dagw 14y agoSocial engineering has traditionally always been a key part of the black hat hackers toolbox. If you for example read issues of Phreak magazine from back in the day you'll find many articles about social engineering next to the articles about crypto and technical details of phone and computer systems.