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noun
An attack on an unattended device, in which a person with physical access alters it in some undetectable way so that they can later secretly access it again.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: computer security
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History
From the idea that a maid in a hotel might be able to carry out such an attack.
