After Getting a Taste for Illegal Activity, Jody and David

question 55

Multiple Choice

After getting a taste for illegal activity, Jody and David decide to participate in other illegal cybercrimes. They decide to use the university listserv to email all students and faculty at the university notifying them that their account has been hacked and to email their name and password back to the sender. This is an example of ______.

• A) ​phishing
• B) ​cyber smear
• C) ​a pump and dump
• D) ​spear-phishing

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Definitions:

Scope of Authority

The range or limits of the powers and responsibilities legally granted to a person or organization.

Liable

Subject to being held accountable, usually in a legal or financial context, for fulfilling obligations or compensating for an incurred loss or damage.

Constructive Trust

A legal concept created by a court to rectify a situation where someone has wrongfully gained property at another's expense.

Agency Relationship

An agency relationship occurs when one party, the agent, is authorized to act on behalf of another party, the principal, in dealings with third parties.