A group of intruders accessed RK Bank's IP address and accepted payments on the bank's behalf. This attack is an example of ________.
A) sniffing
B) spyware
C) spoofing
D) denial-of-service

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This attack is an example of spoofing, where the intruders impersonated the bank's identity to accept payments. Sniffing involves intercepting network traffic, spyware refers to malicious software that spies on the user, and denial-of-service involves flooding a system with fake requests to overload and crash it. None of these are applicable in the given scenario.

A Group of Intruders Accessed RK Bank's IP Address and Accepted