Computer Science
Ravi received a mail from IRS department. On clicking "Click here", he was taken to an official-looking website, like IRS.gov. He uploaded some important information on it. Identify and explain the cyber crime discussed in this scenario.
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The cyber crime discussed in this scenario is phishing. Phishing is an attempt to acquire sensitive information such as usernames, passwords and credit card details by masquerading as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication. In this case, Ravi received an email that appeared to be from the IRS department. When he clicked on the link, he was directed to a website that looked like the official IRS site, but it was actually a fake site created by cybercriminals. By uploading important information to this fraudulent site, Ravi unknowingly provided his sensitive data to the attackers.
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