Man in the Middle (MitM) Attack

A type of cyber attack where the attacker secretly relays and possibly alters the communications between two parties who believe that they are directly communicating with each other, as the attacker has inserted themselves between the two parties. One example of a MitM attack is active eavesdropping, in which the attacker makes independent connections with the victims and relays messages between them to make it appear that they are talking directly to each other over a private connection, when in fact the entire conversation is controlled by the attacker.

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