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Rachel Tobac is a hacker and CEO of SocialProof Security, where she helps people and companies keep their data safe by training and presenting them on social engineering risks. She was winner of DEF CON’s wild spectator sport, the Social Engineering Capture the Flag contest 3 years in a row. Toba has shared her real life social engineering stories with NPR, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, The NYT, Business Insider, CNN, NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt, Forbes and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rachel Tobac is a hacker and CEO of SocialProof Security, where she helps people and companies keep their data safe by training and presenting them […]
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