This presentation is an adaptation of a keynote address delivered by Sasha Le, Senior Engineer, Tide Foundation at the launch event of the RMIT AWS Innovation Lab (RAIL) on 21st of April, 2026 The Human Vulnerability In 2022, a ransomware group named Lapsus$ breached some of the most sophisticated tech companies on the planet. The list included Microsoft, Nvidia, Okta, Uber, and Samsung. The ringleader wasn't a state-sponsored syndicate. He was a sixteen-year-old operating out of his mother's living room. He didn’t find some obscure zero-day vulnerability, and he certainly didn't outcode the security teams at these tech giants. He did something much simpler by bribing, blackmailing, and tricking the people inside those organizations who held the keys to the kingdom. We have spent billions fortifying our software and systems. Yet, the people managing those systems still hold "god-like" administrative powers. For any attacker worth their salt, those people are the shortest path in.…