Man-in-the-Middle Attack

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Man-in-the-Middle Attack definition - hacker
An attack in which a cracker intercepts data and replies to it, making it look as though the reply came from the intended recipient. A victim thus attacked might expose private data—such as credit card or bank account information—that can later be used to defraud the victim.

See Also: Attack; Crackers; Exploit; Fraud; Identity Theft or Masquerading.

Schell, B.H. and Martin, C. Contemporary World Issues Series: Cybercrime: A Reference Handbook. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2004.

Webster's New World Hacker Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Bernadette Schell and Clemens Martin.
Published by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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