[SECURITY ALERT] Cognitive Hacking Is IN BUSINESS

[SECURITY ALERT] Cognitive Hacking Is IN BUSINESS

Our thread today is NOT a plot or a part of any scare tactics BUT we strongly encourage you to please read through this SECURITY ALERT focused on this latest nightmare, that, like it or not, this Cognitive Hacking Is IN BUSINESS.  For alignment, let's define COGNITIVE HACKING as another form of cyber attack where threats manipulate the possible victim's PERCEPTIONS by exploiting their psychological weaknesses.  Attackers primarily use DISINFORMATION in their campaigns to fuel people's biases and prejudices📗📙📘

Now, before we get bogged down with COGNITIVE HACKING, let's identify the TOOLS and PLATFORMS leveraged well enough by COGNITIVE HACKING:

• SOCIAL MEDIA [with 4.7 billion people]
• FAKE NEWS SITES [80% of US adults got it]
• TROLL FARMS [Huge armies of DISINFORMATION SPREADERS]

The common confusion asked is:  Is COGNITIVE HACKING the same as spreading FAKE NEWS?  Given that FAKE NEWS SITES aren't the only tools COGNITIVE HACKERS use, we can say that spreading FAKE NEWS is just a subset of COGNITIVE HACKING.  So, how does COGNITIVE HACKING work💎💎💎

Let's dissect REAL-LIFE tricks of COGNITIVE HACKING.  Creating a celebrity is the TOP TRICK.  One way is to sway people into changing their perceptions is to employ a CELEBRITY ACCOUNT. Note that the CELEBRITY used DOESN'T have to be real.  This ruse involves four steps namely:  OBTAINING FOLLOWERS [11,500 followers], REPOSTING [55,000+ followers], GETTING regional fans [125,000+ followers] and BROADCASTING the account's popularity [300,000+ followers]❌❌❌

So what are our key takeaways here?  THAT biases and prejudices play a massive part in making COGNITIVE HACKING attacks work.  And the TARGETS should be easily duped into believing what the THREAT says.  Bottomline, let us be ALERT and CAUTIOUS when using social media. accessing FAKE NEWS SITES and TROLL FARMS.  Welcome to the COGNITIVE HACKING World❗❗❗