Peter, a malicious hacker, obtains e-mail addresses by harvesting them from postings, blogs, DNS listings, and Web pages. He then sends large number of unsolicited commercial e-mail (UCE) messages on

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Penetration Testing Foundations & Reconnaissance

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Peter, a malicious hacker, obtains e-mail addresses by harvesting them from postings, blogs, DNS listings, and Web pages. He then sends large number of unsolicited commercial e-mail (UCE) messages on these addresses. Which of the following e-mail crimes is Peter committing?

Options

AE-mail Spam
BE-mail Storm
CE-mail spoofing
DE-mail bombing

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#email spam#email harvesting#OSINT#UCE

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