What does phishing mean?

Q: What do I mean when I see Phishing?

A: Phishing is Phishing. "Phishing" is pronounced the same as "Fishing" and is a common online fraud. Generally, you can use an email to lure users to a disguised website to obtain users' personal data, such as a credit card number.

The word "Phishing" is grafted with fishing and phone. It originated in around 1996. Hackers first used e-mails as bait to steal American online accounts and passwords, later, since the earliest hackers used telephone lines to commit crimes, Hackers often replaced f with Ph, forming the word Phishing today.