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The Weakest Link in the Cybersecurity Chain Is Sitting at the Keyboard
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Oct 19, 2017 | 21:08 GMT
![The more that computer networks have been secured against external technical attacks, the more that people have become the weak link in cybersecurity.](https://worldview.stratfor.com/sites/default/files/styles/2x1_full/public/human-comp.jpg?itok=bgLJelm4)
Social engineering attacks rely on a combination of charm, psychology and sociology to get the required information from people, rather than on technical hacking of networks.
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