The Chief Executive Offer (CEO) of a company receives an email from a local bank. It states the company’s account has several suspicious transactions and instructs the CEO to log in immediately to validate the transactions; otherwise, the account will be frozen. Which of the following BEST describes this email?
A. Spear phishing
B. Impersonation
C. Dumpster diving
D. Whaling
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Whale phishing is essentially spear phishing with a bigger (usually corporate) payout.