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Hijack Attack

nouncandidate·updated May 9, 2026

A form of active wiretapping in which the attacker seizes control of a previously established communication association.

MWE

Classifications

Entity Type

Threat95%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

plural
Hijack Attacks
possessive
Hijack Attack's
pluralpossessive
Hijack Attacks'