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Multiple choice

The act of faking something in order to gain unauthorised access to a user’s private information is called

  1. sniffing

  2. phishing

  3. breaching

  4. hacking

  5. spoofing

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E Correct answer
Explanation

Spoofing is the act of impersonating to gain unauthorised access to a user’s private information by creating IP packets having forged IP source addresses.

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