Trojan horse

Noun

broadly

Japanese Meaning

敵内に潜入し、破壊活動や工作を行うために配置された人物や装置。 / （コンピュータセキュリティ）正規のソフトウェアに偽装された悪意あるプログラム。

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The spy acted as a Trojan horse, slowly sabotaging operations from within.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

そのスパイはトロイの木馬のように振る舞い、内部から徐々に作戦を妨害した。

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Sense（1）

(by extension) A subversive person or device placed within the ranks of the enemy.

Sense（2）

(computer security) A malicious program that is disguised as legitimate software.

Worse than what could be observed about the program was the fear that it might be a Trojan horse program -- apparently innocent, but carrying a string of code instructing the computer to carry out a specific damaging instruction at some later time.

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Sense（3）

(business) A seemingly favorable offer designed to trick customers into making exorbitant payments.

Sense（4）

(politics) A person, organization, social movement, piece of legislation, or ideology with a negative agenda or evil intentions under the guise of positive values or good intentions.

Russia thinks of an atomic authority as a Trojan horse to get behind the iron curtain and impair her defense, and there is some reason historically for this view.

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Trojan horses

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