Dimitri Ivanov is an accountant with PwC.The firm has a very strict policy of requiring all users to change their passwords every sixty days.In early March,Dimitri received an e-mail claiming that there had been an error updating his password and that provided a link to a website with instructions for re-updating his password.Something about the e-mail made Dimitri suspicious,so he called PwC's information technology department and found that the e-mail was fictitious.The e-mail was an example of
A) social engineering.
B) piggybacking.
C) spamming.
D) phishing.

Question

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The e-mail described in the scenario is an example of phishing, where the attacker attempts to trick the recipient into divulging their sensitive information such as login credentials, banking details or personal data through a fake communication. In this case, the email was a fictitious attempt to persuade Dimitri to change his password by providing a fraudulent link to a website, which could have potentially led to the theft of his sensitive information.

Dimitri Ivanov Is an Accountant with PwC