Social Engineering (also
known as „Social Manipulation“) is a way to influence people with the
goal to illegally obtain sensitive data (i.e. passwords, credit card
information). Social Engineers observe the personal environment of their
victims and use fake identities to gain secret information or free services. In
most cases Social Engineering is used to infiltrate third party computer
systems to spy on sensitive data; in that case social engineering is also
called Social Hacking.
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