Eliciting Information

Updated 31 Jul 2026

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  extracting information from a victim without them realizing it's happening — "hacking the human," using well-documented psychological techniques rather than directly asking for sensitive data
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  often seen with Vishing, since it can be easier to extract information over the phone
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  Impersonation
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  Pretexting
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  Distinguish eliciting information from pretexting
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    Eliciting information extracts data from a victim without them realizing it (a subtle psychological technique); pretexting is inventing a scenario/character outright to get information

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