This Involves Committing a Network Break-In by Persuading Someone to Reveal

question 26

Multiple Choice

This involves committing a network break-in by persuading someone to reveal the system passwords, rather than by cracking them.

• A) phishing
• B) dataveillence
• C) phreaking
• D) pretexting

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