interdiction

{{See also|Line of communication}}

In the military, interdiction is the act of delaying, disrupting, or destroying enemy forces or supplies en route to the battle area.{{cite web|url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/report/1990/SJA.htm|title=Air Interdiction--Focus For The Future|first1=John A. |last1=Snider |date=1990 |work=globalsecurity.org |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221007174751/https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/report/1990/SJA.htm |archive-date= Oct 7, 2022 }}{{Cite web |date=9 September 2016 |title=Joint Publication 3-03 - Joint Interdiction |url=https://fas.org/irp/doddir/dod/jp3_03.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210815215941/https://fas.org/irp/doddir/dod/jp3_03.pdf |archive-date=Aug 15, 2021 |website=Intelligence Resource Program}} A distinction is often made between strategic and tactical interdiction. The former refers to operations whose effects are broad and long-term; tactical operations are designed to affect events rapidly and in a localized area.

In different theaters of conflict:

:* Air: Air interdiction or Interdiction bombing{{cite book |title=A Dictionary of Aviation |first=David W. |last=Wragg |isbn=9780850451634 |edition=first |publisher=Osprey |year=1973 |page=164}}

:* Ground: No-drive zone

:* Sea: Maritime interdiction or Blockade

{{See also|Drug interdiction|Supply reduction}}

The term interdiction is also used in criminology and law enforcement, such as in the U.S. War on Drugs and in immigration.{{cite web |url-status=dead |url=http://www.immi.gov.au/about/reports/annual/2009-10/pdf/diac-annual-report-2009-10-full-version.pdf |publisher=Australian Government - Department of Immigration and Citizenship |title=Annual report 2009-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140213033422/https://www.immi.gov.au/about/reports/annual/2009-10/pdf/diac-annual-report-2009-10-full-version.pdf |archive-date=2014-02-13 |page=152 |date=2010 }}

{{main|Interdicts in Scots law}}

In Scots law, an interdict is a court order to stop someone from breaching someone else's rights, and can be issued by the Court of Session or a Sheriff Court.{{cite web |url=http://www.dwf.law/news-events/legal-updates/2015/06/interdicts-and-exposure/ |title=Interdicts and Exposure |last=Campbell |first=Kenneth |date=29 July 2015 |access-date=17 May 2016 |website=DWF}} They are equivalent to an injunction in other legal jurisdictions, such as English law. A temporary interdict is called an interim interdict.{{cite book |last=Hennessy |first=Charles |title=Civil Procedure & Practice |publisher=W. Green |edition=4th |date=2014 |page=185}}

The term interdiction is also used by the NSA when an electronics shipment is secretly intercepted by an intelligence agency (domestic or foreign) for the purpose of implanting bugs before they reach their destination. According to {{lang|de|Der Spiegel}}, the NSA's TAO group is able to divert shipping deliveries to its own "secret workshops" in a method called interdiction, where agents load malware onto the electronics or install malicious hardware that can give US intelligence agencies remote access. The report also indicates that the NSA, in collaboration with the CIA and FBI, routinely and secretly intercepts shipping deliveries for laptops or other computer accessories, such as a computer monitor or keyboard cables with hidden wireless transmitters bugs built-in for eavesdropping on video and keylogging.{{cite web|url=http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/catalog-reveals-nsa-has-back-doors-for-numerous-devices-a-940994.html|title=Catalog Reveals NSA Has Back Doors for Numerous Devices |first1= Jacob |last1=Appelbaum |first2=Judith |last2=Horchert |first3=Christian |last3=Stöcker |date=29 December 2013|work=SPIEGEL ONLINE |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240613132221/https://www.spiegel.de/international/world/catalog-reveals-nsa-has-back-doors-for-numerous-devices-a-940994.html |archive-date= Jun 13, 2024 }}

In July 2014 it was reported that handheld shipping image scanners manufactured in China were found with pre-installed, weaponized malware which was capable of exfiltrating CRM data and financial data. These scanners are of the type used by many United States retailers and warehouses, as well as delivery services such as United Parcel Service and FedEx.{{cite web|url=http://www.tomsguide.com/us/chinese-barcode-scanner-spyware,news-19157.html|title=China-Made Handheld Barcode Scanners Ship with Spyware|website=Tom's Guide |first1=Jill |last1=Scharr |date=15 July 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240301135331/https://www.tomsguide.com/us/chinese-barcode-scanner-spyware,news-19157.html |archive-date= Mar 1, 2024 }} The scanned data was copied and sent out to an established comprehensive command and control connection (CnC) to a Chinese botnet that was terminated at the Shandong Lanxiang Vocational School located in China.{{cite web|url=http://www.supplychain247.com/article/malware_hidden_in_chinese_inventory_scanners_targeting_logistics/trapxl|title=Malware Hidden In Chinese Inventory Scanners Targeting Logistics and Shipping Companies |website=Supply Chain 24/7|date=10 July 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200101120359/http://www.supplychain247.com/article/malware_hidden_in_chinese_inventory_scanners_targeting_logistics/trapxl |archive-date= Jan 1, 2020 }}

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