A group of hackers decide to steal credit card details of the users of Swift Shopping Inc., a leading e-commerce company. They infect the security system of the company's third-party vendor and gain access into its internal network. They compromise an internal Windows server of the company and use a malware to extract customer data. Which of the following is illustrated in this scenario?
A) hardening
B) carding
C) pretexting
D) data breaching

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The scenario describes a data breach, which is the unauthorized access and extraction of sensitive information. Hardening is the process of strengthening security measures to prevent unauthorized access, but it is not relevant to the situation described. Carding is a type of fraud in which stolen credit card information is used to make unauthorized purchases, but it is not the primary activity of the hackers in this scenario. Pretexting is a social engineering technique in which an attacker creates a false pretext to gain access to sensitive information, but it is not the primary method used by the hackers in this scenario.

A Group of Hackers Decide to Steal Credit Card Details