Psychological subversion (PsychSub) is the name given by Susan Headley to a method of obtaining information from people that normally they would not reveal. It is similar in practice to so-called social engineering in the context of security and pretexting used to get data like social securiy numbers, but has a more military focus to it. It was developed by Headley as an extension of knowledge she gained during hacking sessions with notorious early computer network hackers like Kevin Mitnick and Lewis de Payne.
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