phisherman

English

Etymology

From phisher +‎ -man, modeled on fisherman.

Noun

phisherman (plural phishermen)

  1. (computing, Internet) The criminal performing phishing attacks.
    • 2010, Ross J. Anderson, Security Engineering: A Guide to Building Dependable Distributed Systems‎[1]:
      Thus if he mistakenly enters his Citibank password into a phishing site, the phisherman gets a different password and cannot use it to impersonate him.
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