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spearphishing

Noun

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English Wikipedia has an article on:spear phishingWikipedia
spearphishing (uncountable)

(Internet) Phishing against a small group of selected targets who are more likely to be attracted.

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The second wave of hacking came in the spring of 2016, when another Russian hacking arm, the GRU, infiltrated the DNC through, again, the use of spearphishing. Source: Internet

John Podesta falls for a spearphishing email allegedly created by Aleksey Lukashev and disguised as a Google security alert, giving the Russians access to his personal email account. Source: Internet

Their spearphishing themes appear to be written by native English speakers familiar with both investment terminology and the inner workings of public companies. Source: Internet

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