"passive attack" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "passive attacks",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "passive attack (plural passive attacks)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Cryptography",
          "orig": "en:Cryptography",
          "parents": [
            "Computer science",
            "Formal sciences",
            "Mathematics",
            "Computing",
            "Sciences",
            "Technology",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "60 40",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An attack in which the cryptanalyst cannot interact with any of the parties involved, attempting to break the system solely based upon observed data such as ciphertext."
      ],
      "id": "en-passive_attack-en-noun-CCXKk4BO",
      "links": [
        [
          "cryptography",
          "cryptography"
        ],
        [
          "cryptanalyst",
          "cryptanalyst"
        ],
        [
          "interact",
          "interact"
        ],
        [
          "ciphertext",
          "ciphertext"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(cryptography) An attack in which the cryptanalyst cannot interact with any of the parties involved, attempting to break the system solely based upon observed data such as ciphertext."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "cryptography",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Gaming",
          "orig": "en:Gaming",
          "parents": [
            "Games",
            "Recreation",
            "Human activity",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The dungeon fern has a passive attack that releases spores.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A damaging effect that is caused by an object or character when another character interacts with it."
      ],
      "id": "en-passive_attack-en-noun-p7nPajRb",
      "links": [
        [
          "gaming",
          "gaming#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(gaming) A damaging effect that is caused by an object or character when another character interacts with it."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "passive"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "games",
        "gaming"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "passive attack"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English nouns"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "passive attacks",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "passive attack (plural passive attacks)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Cryptography"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An attack in which the cryptanalyst cannot interact with any of the parties involved, attempting to break the system solely based upon observed data such as ciphertext."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cryptography",
          "cryptography"
        ],
        [
          "cryptanalyst",
          "cryptanalyst"
        ],
        [
          "interact",
          "interact"
        ],
        [
          "ciphertext",
          "ciphertext"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(cryptography) An attack in which the cryptanalyst cannot interact with any of the parties involved, attempting to break the system solely based upon observed data such as ciphertext."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "cryptography",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "en:Gaming"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The dungeon fern has a passive attack that releases spores.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A damaging effect that is caused by an object or character when another character interacts with it."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "gaming",
          "gaming#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(gaming) A damaging effect that is caused by an object or character when another character interacts with it."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "passive"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "games",
        "gaming"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "passive attack"
}