social engineering
Manipulating computer users to reveal sensitive information to use in a hack.
Social engineering describes the practice of obtaining confidential information by tricking users into giving it up, frequently on the telephone or on the Internet. It get it's name from the notion of being social as a means to take advantage of people's trusting nature, rather than drawing on computer security holes to obtain the confidential data.
NetLingo Classification: Online Jargon
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