Editing Social engineering (security) (section)

===2017 Equifax breach help websites===

Following the [[2017 Equifax data breach]] linked to [[China]]'s [[People's Liberation Army]]<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.wsj.com/articles/four-members-of-china-s-military-indicted-for-massive-equifax-breach-11581346824 | title = Four Members of China's Military Indicted Over Massive Equifax Breach | date=  February 11, 2020 | work = [[The Wall Street Journal]] }}</ref> in which over 150 million private records were leaked (including [[Social Security numbers]], and [[drivers license]] numbers, birthdates, etc.), warnings were sent out regarding the dangers of impending security risks.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2017/09/07/credit-reporting-firm-equifax-says-cybersecurity-incident-could-potentially-affect-143-million-us-consumers.html |title=Credit reporting firm Equifax says data breach could potentially affect 143 million US consumers |date=7 Sep 2018 |publisher=CNBC|access-date=3 May 2024}}</ref> In the day after the establishment of a legitimate help website (equifaxsecurity2017.com) dedicated to people potentially victimized by the breach, 194 malicious domains were reserved from small variations on the URL, capitalizing on the likelihood of people mistyping.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cantonrep.com/entertainmentlife/20171001/straight-talk-beware-scams-related-to-equifax-data-breach |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201206021332/https://www.cantonrep.com/entertainmentlife/20171001/straight-talk-beware-scams-related-to-equifax-data-breach |title=Straight Talk: Beware scams related to Equifax data breach |archive-date=6 Dec 2020 |url-status=dead}} </ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.social-engineer.org/framework/attack-vectors/phishing-attacks-2/ |title=Phishing |website=Security Through Education |publisher=Social-Engineer}}</ref>