Man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack

Man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack

A form of eavesdropping in which the attacker positions herself figuratively in the middle of two parties. These parties are under the assumption that they are communicating with each other when in fact the attacker is relaying messages from one party to another without their knowledge. This gives the attacker an opportunity to manipulate or gather the messages as she sees fit.

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