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0 pointsAniseAbyss5y ago0 comments

Spycraft is social engineering. It always comes down to bribing someone with money/passport/sex. Its all quite banal.

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(Bribe with) money, (to serve an) ideology, (application of) coercion or (as an outlet for) ego - “MICE”.

You're forgetting a couple motivations:

Money Ideology Conscious/Coercion Ego Revenge and Sex

(The last two are less relevant in hacking/tech but more relevant in straight espionage.)

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0 pointsAniseAbyss5y ago0 comments

Spycraft is social engineering. It always comes down to bribing someone with money/passport/sex. Its all quite banal.

(Bribe with) money, (to serve an) ideology, (application of) coercion or (as an outlet for) ego - “MICE”.

You're forgetting a couple motivations:

Money Ideology Conscious/Coercion Ego Revenge and Sex

(The last two are less relevant in hacking/tech but more relevant in straight espionage.)

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse