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Cybercrime and How Hackers Prey on Human Nature

Cybercrime and How Hackers Prey on Human Nature

Update: 2025-05-15
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Cybercrime has been around for as long as computers have — but over the past 20 years, it's exploded into a global threat, with staggering financial, political, and even personal consequences. We hear about the virus that ushered in the age of social engineering attacks, the history of cybercrime, and what led one man to become a hacker.

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