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Marcus received an e-mail from his bank that said there was a problem with his bank account and information was needed for verification. However, the e-mail was not from the bank. What did Marcus experience?
  1. Spoofing
  2. Honeypot
  3. Network Sniffers
  4. Phishing
Explanation
Answer: D - When an e-mail is received and requests personal information while stating they are from an institution that you do business with when they are not, in fact, that business, you are experiencing phishing. Phishers create convincing e-mails requesting potential victims to click a link to update their bank account information. Victims who click these links are presented with a form requesting bank account numbers and the like.
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