Entrapment

The act of inducing a person to commit a crime so that a criminal charge will be brought against him.

In cryptosystems, the deliberate planting of apparent flaws in a data processing system for the purpose of detecting attempted penetrations or for confusing an intruder about which flaws to exploit. [2382-pt.8] 2. [The] deliberate planting of apparent flaws in an information system (IS) for the purpose of detecting attempted penetrations. [INFOSEC-99]