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Adult Social Care Glossary, v 0.41

Phishing

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See also

Spear phishing; Spoofing; Whaling

Definition (in a digital/TEC context)
Digital Social Care (digitalsocialcare.org.uk)

Untargeted, mass emails sent to many people to trick them into disclosing private information (such as usernames, passwords, or bank details) or encouraging them to visit a fake website.

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