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Question 1 Your company's Accounts Payable department reports that an invoice was marked as paid, but the vendor has shown proof they never received any of the $783,296 payment. Accounts Payable confirms that the amount was deducted from the company's accounts, but the recipient account number does not match the vendor's. After an investigation, you discover that the invoice was paid by the Chief Financial Officer. He says he paid the invoice after receiving an after-hours, past-due invoice from the vendor claiming that they would be filing a civil action in court the next morning. Rather than wait for Accounts Payable to come in the next day and verify the invoice date, the CFO immediately paid the full amount. Which type of social engineering attack was your company most likely the victim of? X Hoax v Whaling Phishing Credential harvesting Feedback: Incorrect. Hoax attacks are used to convince people to change security configurations or delete essential files
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