What is the difference between a violation of data confidentiality and a man-in-the-middle attack?

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Responses

Violations of data confidentiality always involve changing the data.

Violations of data confidentiality always involve changing the data.

Violations of data confidentiality always involve social engineering.

Violations of data confidentiality always involve social engineering.

A man-in-the-middle attack always involves changing the data.

A man-in-the-middle attack always involves changing the data.

A man-in-the-middle attack always involves social engineering.

A man-in-the-middle attack always involves social engineering.

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The correct response is:

A man-in-the-middle attack always involves changing the data.

This is because a man-in-the-middle (MitM) attack involves an attacker intercepting and potentially altering communication between two parties without their knowledge. In contrast, a violation of data confidentiality refers to unauthorized access to or disclosure of sensitive information, which does not necessarily require changing the data.