Man-in-the-middle attack

Abbreviated as MITMA, a man-in-the-middle attack is where someone gets between the sender and receiver of information, sniffing any information sent. Sometimes, users may send unencrypted data, which means the MITM (man-in-the-middle) can obtain unencrypted information. In other cases, a user may obtain information from the attack but must decrypt it before it can be read. The picture below is an example of how a man-in-the-middle attack works. The attacker intercepts some or all traffic from the computer, collects the data, and then forwards it to the original destination.

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