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social engineering

social engineering (soh-syal an-zhee-nee-rahng)

Idiom Cybersecurity

Signification

manipulating people into divulging confidential information through psychological tactics

manipuler les gens pour qu’ils révèlent des informations confidentielles à l’aide de tactiques psychologiques (manipule le zhan pour keel revel dez information konfidentiel a led de taktiks psikolozhik)

Phrases d'exemple

"The attacker used social engineering to gain access to the company’s secure database."

"L’attaquant a utilisé l’ingénierie sociale pour accéder à la base de données sécurisée de l’entreprise." (latakan a utilize lingenieri sosial pour aksede a la baz de done sekurize de lontrpriz)

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