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A social engineer calls an administrative assistant in your organization and obtains her password by threatening her that her boss' account will be deleted if she does not provide the password to assist with troubleshooting. What type of attack is the social engineer using?

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1. A social engineer calls an administrative assistant in your organization and obtains her password by threatening her that her boss' account will be deleted if she does not provide the password to assist with troubleshooting. What type of attack is the social engineer using?





 
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