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cybergraffiti

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Etymology

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From cyber- +‎ graffiti.

Noun

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cybergraffiti (uncountable)

  1. Synonym of digital graffiti
    • 2013, Martha McCaughey, Michael D. Ayers, Cyberactivism: Online Activism in Theory and Practice, page 85:
      [] cybergraffiti, a temporary disfiguration on the cyberfaçade of a company or organization. It usually leaves all other information intact, and even backs up the one modified index file.
    • 2014, Glenn Hastedt, Donna L. Lybecker, Vaughn P. Shannon, Cases in International Relations:
      In the following weeks, newspaper and broadcasting Web sites crashed, online access to Estonia's largest bank was blocked, telephone exchanges were attacked, and Web sites were defaced with cybergraffiti and Russian propaganda.