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cyberattack

noun

Etymology

From cyber- + attack.

  1. derived from *stakkijan✻ — “to stick, stick to, attach”
  2. derived from attaccare — “to join, attach”
  3. borrowed from attaque
  4. prefixed as cyberattack — “cyber + attack”

Definitions

  1. An attack or intrusion by means of a computer network such as the Internet, often for the…

    An attack or intrusion by means of a computer network such as the Internet, often for the purpose of spying.

    • He also points out that if the US does come under cyberattack, we may be powerless to stop the attack.

  2. To launch a cyberattack.

    • A study by security company Riptech found that in the six months after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, energy companies were cyberattacked at twice the rate of other industries surveyed.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for cyberattack. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA