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Hacking, Intrusion and Data Breach

Offenses of gaining access to computers, accounts and data without permission, including hacking, stealing and reusing passwords, hacking of vehicles, logging keystrokes, breaching databases, defacing websites and hijacking domains and sessions. An offense belongs here when the definition is unauthorized access or taking of data. It excludes malware and fraud. Entries placed here are Computer Hacking, Credential Stuffing, Automotive Hacking, Keystroke Logging, Data Breach, Website Defacement, Domain Hijacking, Session Hijacking and Juice Jacking.

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Zoombombing (Wikipedia)
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is the unwanted, disruptive intrusion, generally by Internet trolls, into a video-conference call
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Website defacement (Wikipedia)
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Website defacement is an attack on a website that changes the visual appearance of a website or a web page.
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Credential stuffing (Wikipedia)
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Credential stuffing is a type of cyberattack in which the attacker collects stolen account credentials, typically consisting of lists of usernames or email addresses and the corresponding passwords (often from a data breach), and then uses the credentials to gain unauthorized access to user accounts on other systems through large-scale automated login requests directed against a web application.
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Automotive hacking, Wikipedia
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Automotive hacking is the exploitation of vulnerabilities within the software, hardware, and communication systems of automobiles.
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Juice jacking (Wikipedia)
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Juice jacking is a theoretical type of compromise of devices like smartphones and tablets which use the same cable for charging and data transfer, typically a USB cable.
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Domain hijacking (Wikipedia)
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Domain hijacking or domain theft is the act of changing the registration of a domain name without the permission of its original registrant, or by abuse of privileges on domain hosting and registrar software systems.
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Session hijacking (Wikipedia)
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In computer science, session hijacking, sometimes also known as cookie hijacking, is the exploitation of a valid computer session-sometimes also called a session key-to gain unauthorized access to information or services in a computer system.
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Keystroke logging (Wikipedia)
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Keystroke logging, often referred to as keylogging or keyboard capturing, is the action of recording (logging) the keys pressed on a keyboard, typically covertly, so that a person using the keyboard is unaware that their actions are being monitored.
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Data Breach (Wikipedia)
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A data breach, also known as data leakage, is "the unauthorized exposure, disclosure, or loss of personal information".
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Cornell LII Wex: Hacking
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In a legal context, hacking is a term for utilizing an unconventional or illicit means to gain unauthorized access to a digital device, computer system, or network.
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