funny social engineering stories

There was a story where a young man pretended to be a tech journalist. He called a tech startup and convinced them to give him a sneak peek of their new product by saying he was writing an article for a major publication. He got in, took some pictures, and then left. When they found out he was a fake, they were both angry and amused at how easily they were tricked. Social engineering can be quite the devious art when used in such ways.

Well, there was this incident. A person went to an office building and pretended to be a delivery guy. He had a fake package and everything. He asked an employee if he could use their phone to call his boss as he 'forgot' his own. While using the phone, he managed to peek at some important documents on the desk. It's a funny example of how social engineering can be used to gain access or information through simple ruses.

One horror story is about a phishing scam. A company received an email that seemed to be from their IT department, asking employees to update their passwords through a link. Many clicked without thinking. It led to hackers stealing a lot of sensitive data. Another one was a scammer who called an elderly person, pretending to be their grandson in trouble and needing money immediately. The elderly person sent a large sum before realizing it was a fraud.

A group of engineers were building a water tower. They miscalculated the height needed for proper water pressure in the surrounding area. As a result, the water barely trickled out of the faucets. People in the area had to use buckets to collect water for a while. It was a funny situation in hindsight as the engineers had to quickly fix their error.

Phishing is very common. This is when scammers send emails or messages that look legitimate, tricking people into giving away passwords or clicking on malicious links. Another is pretexting, like when someone pretends to be from a certain organization to get information. For example, pretending to be from a bank to get account details.

Sure. There was once an engineer who designed a new type of bridge. But when they started construction, they realized they had measured the width of the river wrong. It was a hilarious blunder, but they managed to adjust the design in the end.

There was this engineer working on a building project. He was supposed to order normal-sized bricks but accidentally ordered really tiny ones. When they arrived, the whole construction site had a good laugh. They had to re - order the right bricks, but it made for a funny story to tell later.

Sure. There was this one time in a computer engineering class. A student was so confident about his code for a simple calculator program. But when he ran it, instead of getting correct math results, it kept spitting out random song lyrics. Turns out he accidentally mixed up some variables with text snippets from a music app he was working on at the same time.

A mechanical engineer was working on a project to improve the efficiency of a car engine. He made some modifications and was really confident about it. When he tested the engine, it ran for a few seconds and then started to smoke like crazy. It turned out that he had misread a measurement and used a part that was too small for the amount of pressure the engine was supposed to handle. His colleagues still tease him about that 'fog - making' engine.

One example is when an engineer miscalculated the load capacity of a building's foundation. They thought it could hold much more weight than it actually could. When they started adding equipment to the building, the floor began to sag in a really funny, but also concerning, way.