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Defacement

nounid 2262·updated May 12, 2026
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Defacement is the method of modifying the content of a website in such a way that it becomes "vandalized" or embarrassing to the website owner.

Classifications

Entity Type

Threat0%rule-basedmulti_axis_classifier_low_confidence.v1

Sensitivity

60%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Information Class

70%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Variants

plural
Defacements
possessive
Defacement's
pluralpossessive
Defacements'

Framework definitions

SANS Glossary of Security Terms1 senseview framework →
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Defacement is the method of modifying the content of a website in such a way that it becomes "vandalized" or embarrassing to the website owner.

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