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TOAD attack

Today it means: Abbreviation for “telephone-oriented attack delivery attack”: a type of fraud where a criminal contacts someone by phone, text or email and tricks them into giving information such as passwords, bank account details etc. Full definition →

First used 2020s

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Abbreviation from telephone-oriented attack delivery attack.

First known use, by meaning

from 2020s Abbreviation for “telephone-oriented attack delivery attack”: a type of fraud where a criminal contacts someone by phone, text or email and tricks them into giving information such as passwords, bank account details etc.

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