A variant on conventional phishing,in which a hacker or cracker sets up a Wi-Fi hotspot or access point that makes your computer think it's accessing a safe public network or your home network and then monitors your communications and steals the data that you enter into a website,is known as ________.
A) Evil Twin attack
B) pharming
C) pirating
D) botnetting

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This scenario is known as an Evil Twin attack, where the hacker creates a malicious access point that mimics a legitimate one, tricking users into connecting to it and giving away sensitive information. The other options do not accurately describe this type of attack.

A Variant on Conventional Phishing,in Which a Hacker or Cracker