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phishing

/ ˈfɪʃɪŋ /

noun

  1. the practice of using fraudulent e-mails and copies of legitimate websites to extract financial data from computer users for purposes of identity theft
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of phishing1

C21: from fishing in the sense of catching the unwary by offering bait; computer-hacker slang often replaces f with ph
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Example Sentences

Hitt said it appears the attack began as a phishing attempt and no data appears to have been stolen, said party spokesman Alec Zimmerman.

From Fortune

Cyber criminals are not just doing the traditional phishing expeditions, they’re using Covid as a lure.

From Fortune

Be aware of phishing scams, which have become even more sophisticated in 2020 as fraudsters now have access to more personal information about their victims, mostly taken from social media.

The hackers used voice phishing, a social engineering technique that involves tricking someone on the phone to hand over passwords or access to internal systems.

Step one—steal an executive’s email password through phishing.

From Fortune

I wrote a piece in 2011 that was used in what appeared to be an Iranian spear phishing attack.

The Chinese also are known for something called “spear phishing.”

This technique, known as “spear phishing,” is a favored tactic of organized crime.

China was recently accused of using spear phishing to spy on activists associated with the Dalai Lama.

One challenge is that this isn't a virus or a hacker attack—it's just a phishing scam, an attempt to trick people.

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