olemus
kaalukate andmete õngitsemine ja/või petuskeem: ründe ohvriks on "suur kala" (tippjuht, poliitik, lavatäht) ja petuteksti stiil arvestab ohvri rolli, olles näiteks kliendi kaebus, kohtukutse, sisemine märgukiri
Wiktionary:
4. (computing) a form of highly personalized cyberattack that targets a senior business executive

ülevaateid
https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/guidance/whaling-how-it-works-and-what-your-organisation-can-do-about-it
https://www.varonis.com/blog/whaling-attack/
https://me-en.kaspersky.com/resource-center/definitions/what-is-a-whaling-attack

näiteid
https://blog.wei.com/3-real-cases-of-whaling-as-an-enterprise-security-threat

tõrje
https://www.digicert.com/blog/how-to-avoid-whaling-attacks/
https://www.marconet.com/blog/cyber-whaling-attack
https://guardiandigital.com/blog/what-is-whaling