First hacking technique to gain access to the company information?
Spear Phishing
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The company's employees should see it as a red flag
when anyone requests personal contact information.
It's also a red flag if the sender's email comes from
a suspicious or unfamiliar domain.
Hackers may impersonate the general manager to trick
an employee into giving them access to the GM's
account. This is known as spear phishing. Spear
phishing is a targeted phishing attack aimed at a
specific individual or group within an organisation.