eBay is an example of an online company that has been faced with numerous security issues. For example, imagine you purchase a digital camera on eBay. Three months later you might receive an email asking you to log in to the system to update your credit card or PayPal information. Of course, this email is not actually from eBay and as soon as you log in your information will be stolen. What type of information security breach would you consider this to be?
A) An Insider
B) Dumpster diving
C) Social engineering
D) Phishing

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This scenario describes a phishing attack, where fraudulent emails that appear to be from reputable companies are sent to individuals to induce them to reveal personal information, such as passwords and credit card numbers.

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