Doppel Analyzes AI-Abused Social Engineering as Multi-Channel Attacks

Bobby Ford, Chief Strategy and Experience Officer at security company Doppel, argues that modern social engineering attacks powered by generative and agentic AI now extend far beyond email, unfolding as coordinated multi-channel "attack chains." Simply blocking individual messages or lures is no longer enough, he says; defenders must instead break the underlying campaign. The view was laid out in a contribution to The Hacker News.