Fishing or Phishing?

Phishing is a really common way for scammers to get your personal information. It’s called phishing because the scammers are “fishing” for usernames, passwords, bank account details, or other sensitive information from a “sea” of gullible users. 

Look at this definition of phishing:

phishing defined

Watch this video about how to protect yourself from a phishing attack. Answer the questions that pop up.

How did you do?

Open Exercise 1 below, write your score in the box, and summarize some important information from the video. 

Exercise

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