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Password Sniffing

nouncandidate·updated May 9, 2026

Passive wiretapping, usually on a local area network, to gain knowledge of passwords.

MWE

Classifications

Entity Type

Credential95%rule-basedr:entity.credential.password.v1
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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

plural
Password Sniffings
possessive
Password Sniffing's
pluralpossessive
Password Sniffings'