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Passive Wiretapping

nounid 3509·updated Aug 30, 2026
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The monitoring or recording of data while it is being transmitted over a communications link, without altering or affecting the data.

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Classifications

Entity Type

Threat0%rule-basedmulti_axis_classifier_low_confidence.v1

Sensitivity

Regulated80%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Information Class

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

Variants

plural
Passive Wiretappings
possessive
Passive Wiretapping's
pluralpossessive
Passive Wiretappings'

Framework definitions

NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 21 senseview framework →
§1
The monitoring or recording of data while it is being transmitted over a communications link, without altering or affecting the data.
CNSSI-4009 (Glossary of Information Assurance Terms)1 senseview framework →
§1
The monitoring or recording of data while it is being transmitted over a communications link, without altering or affecting the data.
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
The monitoring or recording of data while it is being transmitted over a communications link, without altering or affecting the data.
DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column

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