What is the term for the crime involving gathering personal data and impersonating someone else?

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7 Jun 2017
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Identity theft refers to the illegal act of obtaining personal information and pretending to be another person. Spooling, spoofing, and hacking are different cyber activities that do not specifically involve impersonation through stolen personal data.

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