Employees Receive a Benefits Enrollment Email from the Company's Human

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Employees receive a benefits enrollment email from the company's human resources department at the beginning of each year. Several users have reported receiving the email but are unable to log in to the website with their usernames and passwords. Users who enter the URL for the human resources website can log in without issue. Which of the following security issues is occurring?

• A) Several users' computers were not configured to use HTTPS to access the website
• B) The human resources servers received a large number of requests, resulting in a DoS
• C) The internal DNS server was compromised, directing users to a hacker's server
• D) Users received a social engineering email and were directed to an external website

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Definitions:

Socially Constructed

A concept or perception of an object or idea that exists because people agree to behave as if it exists or follow certain conventional rules.

Human Interpretation

The process by which individuals understand or make sense of information, symbols, language, and actions based on their cognitive and subjective frameworks.

Macrosociology

The analysis of large-scale social systems and structures, such as the economy, polity, and population.

Microsociology

The subfield of sociology that focuses on the interactions and social relations among individuals at a small-scale, everyday level.