Technical misattribution is the process of masking the identifying information that computers and networks reveal. In part two of this four-part series, I will take a look at technical misattribution specifically.
Misattribution is a term used mostly within the national security community to refer to activities conducted under some kind of assumed identity. In this four-part series, I will go into detail about digital misattribution, operational misattribution, and misattribution challenges.
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