Example Sentences

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If they’ve left any items or cryptocurrency in their hot wallet that’s connected to the internet, then coughing up login details to a phisher could give them away in seconds.

From The Verge • May 6, 2022

Ms. Sweeney’s second book, however, hadn’t yet been announced anywhere, but the phisher knew about it in detail, down to Ms. Sweeney’s deadline and the names of the novel’s main characters.

From New York Times • Dec. 21, 2020

Alternatively, a phisher might send dozens of intriguing offers to employees of a certain organization over the course of weeks.

From Salon • Jan. 21, 2017