Question of the Day #125

"The Intercept reported Monday that the NSA believes hackers used that breach to obtain information used to spearphish its customers."
From the second paragraph of this article at the Hill.

上記の文で、spearphishの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "spearphish" mean?

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解答

意味： 英辞郎によると、


スピアーフィッシング◆特定の人物を標的としたフィッシング詐欺

Answer

According to FBI.com:

Instead of casting out thousands of e-mails randomly hoping a few victims will bite, spear phishers target select groups of people with something in common—they work at the same company, bank at the same financial institution, attend the same college, order merchandise from the same website, etc. The e-mails are ostensibly sent from organizations or individuals the potential victims would normally get e-mails from, making them even more deceptive.

Etymology/語源

かなり新しい用語で、英辞郎によると、

◆【語源】もり（spear）で一匹の魚を狙って突き刺す様子から。

This is a relatively new term and according to Wictionary:

Blend of spearfishing +‎ phishing.

Duh! :)