salami attack

English

Etymology

Referring to the thin slices in which salami is usually served.

Noun

salami attack (plural salami attacks)

  1. (computing) An attack against a system that consists of many minor actions (such as stealing small amounts of funds from multiple bank accounts) and is thus relatively difficult to detect.
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