---
id: 3493
title: "Hacker Q&A with Rachel Tobac: Hacking Companies Through Their People"
source_domain: hackerone.com
source_url: "https://www.hackerone.com/blog/hacker-qa-rachel-tobac-hacking-companies-through-their-people"
published_at: "2018-05-11T18:45:18Z"
tags: ["social-engineering", "security-awareness", "women-in-security", "qa", "defcon", "vishing"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/3493"
lang: en
---

# Hacker Q&A with Rachel Tobac: Hacking Companies Through Their People

## Summary

Q&A with social engineer Rachel Tobac: how her firm SocialProof Security hacks companies through their people, her path from neuroscience to winning DEF CON's SECTF, and what social engineering takes.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** hackerone.com
- **Published:** 2018-05-11T18:45:18Z
- **Original:** https://www.hackerone.com/blog/hacker-qa-rachel-tobac-hacking-companies-through-their-people
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/3493