hijacking

hijacking definition - computer

(1) Seizing control of an established communication by inserting fraudulent traffic into the data stream. For example, phone phreakers have been known to interfere with cellular phone calls by interrupting conversations to insert misleading, offensive or embarrassing interjections. See replay attack and piggybacking.

(2) See page hijacking, URL hijacking and DNS hijacking.



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