Scarcity

From Cognitive Attack Taxonomy

Scarcity

Short Description: Tendency to perceive rare resources as more valuable than plentiful resources.

CAT ID: CAT-2022-225

Layer: 8

Operational Scale: Tactical

Level of Maturity: Well-Established

Category: Exploit

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Detailed Description: Tendency to perceive scarce resources as more valuable than plentiful resources. Exploitable by social engineer by imposing artificial time constraint (time as a scarce resource), or offering the opportunity to obtain a rare item.

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