Offline Attack

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Definitions:

An attack in which the attacker obtains some data (e.g., by eavesdropping on an authentication transaction or by penetrating a system and stealing security files) that the attacker is able to analyze in a system of their own choosing.
Sources:
NIST SP 800-63-4 [

] under offline attack

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