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Ravi receives an email that looks like it is from his bank, clicks a link to a fake login page and enters his credentials, which the fraudster then uses to transfer funds. How is this offence best classified?

The scenario is phishing. The fraudster uses a deceptive email and a fake login page to trick the victim into giving credentials, so the computer is a tool for fraud against an individual. It is not a denial-of-service attack or a logic bomb.

  1. APhishing, a crime of deception using the computer as a tool against an individualCorrect
  2. BDenial-of-service attack on a network
  3. CLogic bomb planted by an insider
  4. DCyber terrorism against critical infrastructure

Explanation

Luring a victim to a spoofed page to steal credentials is phishing, an online fraud/identity theft method. A denial-of-service attack floods a system to make it unavailable and involves no credential capture. A logic bomb is malicious code triggered by a condition, planted by an insider.

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