Black Hat security expert says he was “socially engineered” into attending the Black Hat conference. Since last year, pretty much everyone has gotten breached. Identity theft Resource Center says my PII is worth somewhere between 12 and 16 bucks — my entire identity, including the contents of my wallet, is worth an iTunes album and a Happy Meal. One of the distinctive new features at Black Hat this year is the Career Zone for CISOs whose sole purpose of attending was recruiting. This was obviously not lost on the organizers and it will be a pretty busy section of the conference.”]
Source: https://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/social-engineering-black-hat-do-as-i-do-not-as-i-say