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[–] Stillwater@sh.itjust.works 304 points 1 week ago (22 children)

Believe it or not a lot of hacking is more like this than you think.

[–] hoshikarakitaridia@lemmy.world 117 points 1 week ago (12 children)

Social engineering is probably 95% of modern attack vectors. And that's not even unexpected, some highly regarded computer scientists and security researchers concluded this more than a decade ago.

[–] 4am@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This has been the case for 40+ years. Humans are almost always the weakest link.

we built this shit. thus we are always to blame.

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