Hijacking

Hijacking definition - hacker
The cutting off of an authenticated, authorized connection between a sender and a receiver. Through hijacking, an attacker can take over the connection, “killing” the information sent by the original sender and sending “attack data” instead.

See Also: Exploit.

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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