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A Trojan horse

A Trojan horse (un trojan ors)

Idiom History

Signification

Something intended to secretly undermine or bring harm from within.

Quelque chose destiné à saper ou à nuire secrètement de l'intérieur. (kelk shoz destine a saper ou anuir sekretman de lenteryer)

Phrases d'exemple

"The malware acted as a Trojan horse, allowing hackers access to private data."

"Le logiciel malveillant a agi comme un cheval de Troie, permettant aux pirates d'accéder à des données privées." (le lojisiel malveyan a azi kom un shval de trwa permettant o pirat dakceder a de done prive)

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