Social Engineering Debate
The cluster focuses on discussions of social engineering as a form of hacking or security threat, debating its legitimacy compared to technical exploits and sharing examples of its effectiveness.
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Some top-notch social engineering there.
Social Engineering... we never had a chance.
Less a hack, more social engineering. It was not an intrusion of cryptography or computer systems, it was an intrusion of people.
Social engineering attacks are a thing, you know...
Does Social Engineering count too?
Social Engineering is absolutely hacking. This wasn't a sophisticated example, but it's still a very real threat.
If social engineering counts, this should too.
That's a stretch, you can use social engineering to do essentially anything then.
Next you're going to say social engineering isn't real engineering :P
This is called social engineering.