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Adult Social Care Glossary, v 0.41

Whaling

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

A specific type of spear phishing that targets someone high up in an organisation. For example, a board member or an employee with access to some particularly tempting assets.

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