---
title: "The Most Common Hack Is Also the Most Successful. Here’s How to Fight It"
url: "https://thecybersecurityplace.com/the-most-common-hack-is-also-the-most-successful-heres-how-to-fight-it/"
date: "2018-07-13T06:26:11+00:00"
section: "Identity Theft"
tags:
  - "Cyber Attack"
  - "Cyber Investigation"
  - "Cyber Security Strategy"
  - "Data Breach"
  - "Encryption"
  - "Hackers"
  - "Hacking"
  - "Identity Theft"
  - "Multifactor Authentication"
  - "Social Engineering Attacks"
source: "informationsecuritybuzz.com"
source_url: "https://www.informationsecuritybuzz.com/articles/the-most-common-hack/"
---

# The Most Common Hack Is Also the Most Successful. Here’s How to Fight It

July 13, 2018 · Reported by informationsecuritybuzz.com

> Despite what movies might show, most hacks don’t involve frantic typing or brute-force attacks. In fact, Verizon’s “2017 Data Breach Investigations” report revealed that 90 percent of successful hacks aren’t hacks at all: They’re social engineering. Simply put, social engineering is about manipulating people rather than computers.

[Read the full article at informationsecuritybuzz.com](https://www.informationsecuritybuzz.com/articles/the-most-common-hack/)

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