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fraud
(redirected from Data diddling)

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fraud
Deception carried out for the purpose of achieving personal gain while causing injury to another party. For example, selling a new security issue while intentionally concealing important facts related to the issue is fraud.


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From password guessing to data diddling (altering of data in an unauthorized manner), the depth and frequency of these attacks is alarming.
Safeguarding your network: preventing network break-ins in your ... by Davis, Joyce E. / Black Enterprise
The film's central conceit - a Bill Gates-coded software tycoon engineers a series of high-profile superhacks to foment hysteria over the threat of information terrorists, then exploits this fear to sell his Gatekeeper security software to banks, multinational corporations, and the government, allowing him unlimited back-door access to the system - resonates with the current "convergence of the commercial and the military sectors" in the war against data diddling.
The madhatter project by Hultkrans, Andrew / Artforum International
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