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cyberconflict

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Etymology

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From cyber- +‎ conflict.

Noun

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cyberconflict (countable and uncountable, plural cyberconflicts)

  1. Conflict in cyberspace; cyberwarfare.
    • 2014, Glenn Hastedt, Donna L. Lybecker, Vaughn P. Shannon, Cases in International Relations:
      In 2001 Russian hackers penetrated Defense Department computers in what are referred to as the Moonlight Maze attacks. Some treat the 2007 cyberattacks on Estonia as the beginning of a new era in warfare [] In this section we examine these and other examples of cyberconflict []