Social Engineering 101: Mitnick and other hackers show how it's done

Elinor Mills’s CNET report covers live social-engineering demonstrations by Kevin Mitnick and other hackers, showing how attackers can manipulate people — rather than exploit software flaws — to gain unauthorized access.

The piece uses Mitnick’s own demonstrations to illustrate techniques like pretexting and impersonation, underscoring his standing as one of the best-known practitioners and explainers of social engineering.