When You Can't Breach the Network, Hack the Humans🎙Darknet Diaries Ep. 69: Human Hacker
Source: YouTube · Jack Rhysider · published Mar 30, 2023 · 1:04:37
Social engineering is essentially the modern term for a con game, where a manipulator gains trust to defraud a victim, perfectly exemplified by historical con artist George C. Parker 0:00-0:11.
Key Takeaways:
• The core mechanism of social engineering is identical to a classic con: gaining someone's trust to trick or defraud them 0:00-0:11.
• George C. Parker operated in early 1900s New York City, specifically targeting newly arrived immigrants who lacked local knowledge 0:16-0:25.
• Parker famously "sold" Grant's Tomb, a popular Manhattan tourist attraction built in 1897, to unsuspecting victims 0:32-0:43.
By exploiting ignorance and trust, Parker's audacious schemes remain a classic historical example of social engineering in action.
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JACK: Before we really had the term ‘social
engineer’, people used to just say ‘con artist’ because what a con game is, is where you gain
someone’s trust and then defraud them. Social engineers gain people’s trust in order to
trick them. Same thing. One of my favorite con artists was George C. Parker. He made a
living off of selling things he didn’t own. He lived in New York City in the early 1900s.
A lot of immigrants were moving into the city and he wanted to take advantage of their lack
of knowledge about the city. Grant’s Tomb was built in 1897 which is the final resting place
for Ulysses S. Grant. It’s right in Manhattan and it’s an extraordinary monument. You can
even go inside and look at the casket. It’s a popular tourist attraction. George C. Parker
saw so many people com…