By now, anyone who is remotely interested in insurance coverage for technology-related risks in Canada has probably heard or read about The Brick Warehouse LP v. Chubb Insurance Company of Canada, an Alberta decision involving social engineering fraud (a type of fraud involving psychological manipulation: the goal of the fraudster is to devise a scenario where the otherwise innocent person is tricked into unknowingly helping the fraudster to obtain money or confidential information). While this type of social engineering can happen outside the realm of technology, it is often a mode of theft used by online fraudsters.

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