CompTIA Security+ Exam Prep

Answer: C - When a criminal commits small crimes to avoid the overall crime being noticed they are committing a salami attack. A salami attack is one in which the attacker commits several small crimes with the hope that the overall larger crime will go unnoticed. Salami attacks usually take place in the accounting departments of companies and the most common example of a salami attack involves subtracting a small amount of funds from many accounts with the hope that such an insignificant amount would be overlooked.