The targeted version of phishing where hackers go after individuals as opposed to going after a large group by pretending to be a trusted corporation/company/group through some form of electronic communication.
"Did you hear about that CEO?"
"Yeah, I heard some hacker was spear-phishing him and he lost his emails"
"Yeah, I heard some hacker was spear-phishing him and he lost his emails"
by Leprekan45 January 25, 2010