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What do computer administrators call a fake account they set up for hackers to get into so they can watch what hackers do? I think it's called a honey box but I'm not sure. It's for a story I'm writing and I need just the word to look up more information on it, thanks.

Brian

I think the term you're looking for is "honey pot".

Honeypot

Honeynet

Thanks, next time I'll just pm you uraniun or you einy when I have a quick question like this,

Brian

Slightly OT, but that may derive from the espionage trick of the Honey Trap, where an agent uses evidence of a sexual affair to blackmail or trap an individual. In the case of the Honeypot, the hacker "sees" an easy target, but is being snared so that their work can be observed.