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(1a) infoturbes üldiselt: isik, rühm, organisatsioon või riik, kes sooritab või kavatseb sooritada kahjustavaid toiminguid
NIST SP 800-30 Rev. 1:
individual, group, organization, or government that conducts or has the intent to conduct detrimental activities
NIST SP 800-107 Rev. 1:
an entity that is not authorized to access or modify information, or who works to defeat any protections afforded the information
(1b) krüptograafias: Turingi masinatega modelleeritav
ründetoimingute sooritaja
= a malicious entity whose aim is to prevent the users of the cryptosystem from achieving their goal
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adversary_(cryptography)
https://eprint.iacr.org/2018/1189.pdf

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