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Re:Launch HN: Riot (YC W20) – Phishing training for your team by derision on Tuesday March 24, 2020 @02:35PM (#22677438)
According to Wikipedia, the term phishing (or fishing) originated in the mid-1990s
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Re:Launch HN: Riot (YC W20) – Phishing training for your team by jedberg on Tuesday March 24, 2020 @02:38PM (#22677487)
The term was coined in the 90s, but didn't get widespread usage until the mid-2000s. So yes, technically it had that name already, but no one used it then.
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