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Computer Penetrations and Looping

Computer Penetrations and Looping definition - hacker
A technique allowing cybercriminals to break into someone’s computer account and issue commands from that account, thus letting the perpetrator of the act hide behind the account holder’s identity—identity theft.

See Also: Identity Theft or Masquerading.

Webster's New World Hacker Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Bernadette Schell and Clemens Martin.
Published by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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