👉 Hostaging is a term used in cybersecurity and information security to describe the act of intentionally misusing or attempting to exploit vulnerabilities in an organization's system, typically through malicious software or cyberattacks. Hostaging can refer to both physical (e.g., by physically taking over a computer) and virtual (e.g., by stealing data from a remote server). It is often used in contexts where unauthorized access or use of the host system is considered a threat to the organization's security, such as in cloud