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Cybersecurity 101: Three-Part Introductory Section
Section 1 . 3 . 5 . 1

1.3.5.a Phishing

Jack Goldsmith and a Berkman Center Cybersecurity Team

Phishing is the process of enticing people into visiting fraudulent websites and persuading them to enter identity information such as usernames, passwords, addresses, social security numbers, personal identification numbers and anything else that can be made to appear to be plausible.

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