“Reputation Lag Attack EXPLAINED – How Bad Actors Game Reputation Systems 🕵️💥”

Ever wondered how scammers slip through cracks in online reputation systems? In this video, Dr Tim Muller breaks down the Reputation Lag Attack — a clever exploit where attackers look good, wait for that trust to spread... and then suddenly go bad. 🤯

🔍 What you'll learn:

The science behind reputation delays

How attackers ‘build trust → wait → scam’ with perfect timing

The counterintuitive findings: faster user communication actually helps defend systems

Why this type of attack can be NP-hard to detect or model

Real-world contexts: marketplaces, IoT, social platforms

❓ Who should watch?
Security pros, developers, data scientists, and anyone curious about algorithms, network trust, or fraud prevention.

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