# SDK spoofing

Forging messages to look as if they came from a legitimate software development kit.

Forging messages to look as if they came from a legitimate software development kit.

## An example

An attacker submits fake purchase events that imitate an app's measurement SDK.

## Why it matters

Authenticate event sources, validate purchase evidence and deduplicate messages where the integration supports it.


## Related terms
- [Attribution](https://jolts.xyz/resources/glossary/attribution)
- [Click validation](https://jolts.xyz/resources/glossary/click-validation)
- [Impression](https://jolts.xyz/resources/glossary/impression)
- [Invalid traffic (IVT)](https://jolts.xyz/resources/glossary/invalid-traffic)

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