verb🔗ShareHacer phishingTo engage in phishing."Someone tried phishing me yesterday by sending a fake email that looked like it was from my bank. "Alguien intentó hacerme phishing ayer enviando un correo electrónico falso que parecía provenir de mi banco.internetcomputingtechnologycommunicationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareSuplantación de identidad, phishingThe malicious act of keeping a false website or sending a false e-mail with the intent of masquerading as a trustworthy entity in order to acquire sensitive information, such as usernames, passwords, and credit card details."My bank warned me about recent phishing attempts that used fake emails asking for account passwords. "Mi banco me advirtió sobre recientes intentos de phishing que usaban correos electrónicos falsos que solicitaban contraseñas de cuentas.computinginternettechnologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareSuplantación de identidadThe act of circumventing security with an alias."My grandmother almost fell for a phishing scam when she received an email pretending to be from her bank. "Mi abuela casi fue víctima de una estafa de suplantación de identidad cuando recibió un correo electrónico que pretendía ser de su banco.computinginternettechnologycommunicationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
