As another one of his responsibilities, George captures information from clients about attacks they have borne and from their description, he identifies the kind of attack they have experienced. Another of George's clients describes a situation in which a caller to their service desk pretended to be a legitimate user and requested that his password to his company account be changed. How does George categorize this incident?

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Anna Simpson

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9 January, 22:30

As another one of his responsibilities, George captures information from clients about attacks they have borne and from their description, he identifies the kind of attack they have experienced. Another of George's clients describes a situation in which a caller to their service desk pretended to be a legitimate user and requested that his password to his company account be changed. How does George categorize this incident?

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Moriah Mason · Answer 1

This incident can be categorized as a type of hacking attempt called Phishing

Explanation:

Phishing is an illegal and an act of fraud whereby a second party from another end of a system or other form of electronic communication link pretends to be the original or legitimate user or issuer of a link or tool and convince the victim to disclose secret details for the purpose of acquiring the information to access the detail of the system user or victim mostly to cause harm to the victim.