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WEBSITE DEFACEMENT [1 record]

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Record 1 2018-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • IT Security
  • Internet and Telematics
DEF

[An] attack on a website that changes the visual appearance [or content] of the site or a webpage.

CONT

Defacement is generally meant as a kind of electronic graffiti and, as other forms of vandalism, is also used to spread messages by politically motivated "cyber protesters" or hacktivists.

Key term(s)
  • web-site defacement

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité des TI
  • Internet et télématique
DEF

[Activité] malveillante qui a modifié l'apparence ou le contenu [d'un site] Internet et a donc violé l'intégrité des pages en les altérant.

Spanish

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