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Martin, a payroll employee at Hungry Jack receives a phone call from Stephanie who introduces her self as the IT manager at the corporate office. She informs Martin that there is a surprise inspection that will be conducted in a few hours and in order to be compliant , Martin has to download a file she emailed him immediately before the link expires to ensure his computer is inspection ready. What principle of social engineering is this?
Compliance
Trust
Authority
Urgency
Scarcity
Scarcity, the situation will only be that way for certain amount of time, therefore something needs to be done before time expires. EDIT That's the definition of urgency. "Immediately" and "surprise inspection" should be clues, especially in the corporate context where not being compliant is met with adverse action. Scarcity would only be the case were Martin being offered one of only 10 files and given the impression that he must download them before they are deleted. Updating to reflect the correct answer.
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