Linson, an employee in Skitac Ltd., notices a USB flash drive on the pavement of the company. Before he could hand it over to the security guard, he tries to check it out. He connects it with an OTG to his mobile phone and finds some of his favorite music playlists and games. He tries to download them into his mobile, but very lately he came to know that he has been attacked and some of his sensitive financial information was exposed to attackers. What type of attacks did Linson face?

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Linson faced a social engineering attack, where attackers used a seemingly harmless USB drive to trick him into connecting it to his device, leading to the exposure of his sensitive information.

Linson, an Employee in Skitac Ltd