A man-in-the-middle attack is a cybercrime where the attacker secretly intercepts and relays communications between two parties who believe they are directly communicating, allowing the attacker to potentially alter the communications. The attacker impersonates both sides of the conversation to gain access to funds or information by intercepting public keys and transposing their own credentials to trick each end of the conversation into thinking they are securely talking to each other.

1. MIDDLE MAN CHEATING

2. DEFINITION
• IN CRYPTOGRAPHY AND
COMPUTER SECURITY, A MAN-IN-
THE- MIDDLE ATTACK IS AN ATTACK
WHERE THE ATTACKER SECRETLY
RELAYS AND POSSIBLY ALTERS THE
COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN TWO
PARTIES WHO BELIEVE THEY ARE
DIRECTLY COMMUNICATING WITH
EACH OTHER

3. FLOW OF THE
CRIME
• THE HACKER IS IMPERSONATING
BOTH SIDES OF THE CONVERSATION
TO GAIN ACCESS TO FUNDS. THIS
EXAMPLE HOLDS TRUE FOR A
CONVERSATION WITH A CLIENT AND
SERVER AS WELL AS PERSON-TO-
PERSON CONVERSATIONS. IN THE
EXAMPLE ABOVE, THE ATTACKER
INTERCEPTS A PUBLIC KEY AND WITH
THAT CAN TRANSPOSE HIS OWN
CREDENTIALS TO TRICK THE PEOPLE
ON EITHER END INTO BELIEVING THEY
ARE TALKING TO ONE ANOTHER
SECURELY.

4. THE STEPS OF THE CRIME