ICS0018 CotW seminars
The idea
The Crook of the Week seminars are meant for student presentations/talks about famous social engineers of the past. Each seminar will host two (EDIT: up to three now) 20-minute presentations by different students, plus discussion. The main points of the presentation are
- to introduce the person (biography)
- to explain the motivation behind his/her actions
- to study the modus operandi (ways) of social engineering by this person
- to outline the main human weaknesses the person exploited (cognitive biases, automatic thinking etc)
- to summarize the main lesson the person teaches us
A successful presentation will result in passing the course if the attendance criteria (6 out of 8 lectures and seminars) is met. To register a presentation, please send an e-mail to Kaido, stating the chosen time and person to cover. There are only 8 presentations in total (EDIT: due to many requests, we decided to go with up to three per seminar, so now it's 12) - first come, first served! Others would have to resort to other tasks to pass the course!
The Crooks
- Carlo Ponzi
- Victor Lustig
- Frank Abagnale Jr
- Mark Abene (Phiber Optik)
- Kevin Mitnick
- Susan Headley (Suzy Thunder)
- Kevin Poulsen (Dark Dante)
- Bernie Madoff
- Elizabeth Holmes
- Sam Bankman-Fried
- Mythical and literary characters: Jacob, Odysseus, Iago, Grima Wormtongue...
- BYOC (Bring Your Own Crook): introduce a well-known crook from your home country (as we are a very international bunch)!
The Seminars
ATTENTION: As the original two slots per seminar seemed to fill up quickly, we will add another layer (3rd presentation).
- March 2:
- Artur Lykov - Victor Lustig ✅
- Luca Maddaleno - Wanna Marchi and Stefania Nobile (Italy) ✅
- Adeyimika Adetunji - Grima Wormtongue ✅
- March 9:
- Elza Anna Budreika - Elizabeth Holmes ✅
- Oskar Pikkov - Frank Abagnale Jr ✅
- Jason Fong - Susan Headley ✅
- March 16:
- Margus Valdre - Carlo Ponzi ✅
- Orkhan Hasanzade - Kevin Mitnick ✅
- Illia Shved - Mark Abene ✅
- March 23:
- Marion Martin - Sam Bankman-Fried
- Merili Osula - Simon Leviev
- Farkas Pongrácz - Mária Pólus (Hungary)
