Hunter Carr is an accountant with AcctSmart.The firm has a very strict policy of requiring all users to change their passwords every sixty days.In early March,Hunter received an e-mail claiming that there had been an error updating his password and it provided Hunter with a link to a website with instructions for re-updating his password.Something about the e-mail made Hunter suspicious,so he called AcctSmart's information technology department and found that the e-mail was fictitious.The e-mail was an example of
A)social engineering.
B)piggybacking.
C)spamming.
D)phishing.

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The e-mail Hunter received is an example of phishing, which is the practice of sending fraudulent e-mails, text messages or websites in order to trick people into giving away sensitive information, such as passwords or credit card numbers. The e-mail was designed to look like it came from AcctSmart and aimed to get Hunter to enter his password on a fake website. Hunter's suspicion and confirmation from AcctSmart's IT department saved him from falling into the phishing trap.

Hunter Carr Is an Accountant with AcctSmart