"cold boot attack" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cold boot attacks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|head=cold boot attack}} cold boot attack (plural cold boot attacks)
  1. (cryptography) A type of sidechannel attack in which somebody with physical access to a computer is able to retrieve encryption keys from a running operating system after a reboot. It relies on the fact that the contents of memory can still be read for a short period after power is cut off. Wikipedia link: cold boot attack Categories (topical): Cryptography
    Sense id: en-cold_boot_attack-en-noun-i9KGZCXG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: computing, cryptography, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Inflected forms

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