Research and find an example of a successful social engineering attack against an actual company.

Discuss how the attacker was able to successfully exploit this method of attack, and what was compromised.

How could the organization have better mitigated risk or prevented the attack from being successful?

Write a research paper not to exceed 3000 words, double-spaced, excluding the title page and works cited section. All references must be from authentic, established and reliable sources (sites like Wikipedia will not be accepted). A minimum of 5 credible resources are required.

Submitted document must be in MS Word format (.doc or .docx).

Note: This assignment must adhere to the standards set forth in the APA guidelines.