An employee at a biomedical research facility is tricked into revealing a system password by an attacker pretending to be a senior network administrator over an encrypted messaging app.
Explain why this security breach is classified as an act of social engineering.
23 exam-style questions on AQA GCSE Computer Science Cyber security threats, covering Social engineering and Malicious code (malware). Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.