Tricking employees into revealing their passwords by pretending to be a legitimate member of a company is called:
A)sniffing.
B)social engineering.
C)phishing.
D)pharming.
E)snooping

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Social engineering is the tactic of manipulating employees into revealing sensitive information or performing actions that can lead to a data breach. This can include pretending to be a trusted member of the organization in order to obtain login credentials or other confidential information. Sniffing refers to intercepting network traffic, phishing refers to using deceptive emails or websites to acquire sensitive information, and pharming refers to redirecting website traffic to a fake site in order to obtain information. Snooping refers to unauthorized access or observation of network traffic or data.

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