Famous Social Engineers
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The following individuals and/or characters (in no particular order) have garnered fame or fortune through the use of classic Social Engineering techniques.
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[edit] Real People
[edit] Archangel
The white hat hacker (nicknamed "The Greatest Social Engineer of All Time" [1]) has demonstrated social engineering techniques to gain everything from passwords to pizza to automobiles to airline tickets.
[edit] Kevin Mitnick
Well known hacker who spent several years in U.S. Federal prison. Used Social Engineering as his primary means to gain access to systems.
[edit] Fictional Characters
[edit] Joseph Turner/The Condor
Played by Robert Redford in the 1975 movie Three Days of the Condor, Turner uses classic Social Engineering techniques to gain access to phone company and other systems in what many consider to be the most authentic cinematic portrayal of the technique.
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