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What is phishing?

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Harvey Buckridge


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Priya Chauhan

Phishing is where fake emails are sent in order to gain your personal details. These could be emails that seem to be from your bank and they would contain links to websites that look like the genuine company.


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Phishing is technique in which the attacker tries to get very sensitive information from unsuspecting individuals by disguising themselves as a well known and trusted organisation, this may come in the form of a fake email from your bank.

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Julie Maher

Phishing is when a hacker sends an email or message that seems to be from a reputable company in order to try and encourage the victim to divulge personal details such as bank details.

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