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MisRepresentation

This note about MisRepresentation attack vectors notes circumstances where a person may use a 3rd party identifiers/ accounts and perform activities on that account in a manner that is intended to mislead other persons to believe it was the account holder undertaking those activitites, rather than the attacker.

There are various examples of where this may be employed as part of a broader attack.

Some examples are more closely related to CriminalActivity and wrong-doings seeking to cause injury, however others may simply be circumstances such as instances where children make use of their parents accounts to make purchases or perform other activities online that they're unable to do themselves alone.

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Last updated on 2/9/2023