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social engineering n.
Term used among [cracker]s and [samurai] for cracking techniques that rely on weaknesses in [wetware] rather than software; the aim is to trick people into revealing passwords or other information that compromises a target system's security. Classic scams include phoning up a mark who has the required information and posing as a field service tech or a fellow employee with an urgent access problem. See also the [tiger team] story in the [patch] entry.
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