cybersleuth

English

Etymology

From cyber- +‎ sleuth.

Noun

cybersleuth (plural cybersleuths)

1. (informal) A cyberdetective.
   • 2009 May 12, John Markoff, “Tracking Cyberspies Through the Web Wilderness”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     For the cybersleuth, hunting evidence in the data tangle of the Internet, the problem is different.

   • 2021 December 6, Andrew E. Kramer, “Companies Linked to Russian Ransomware Hide in Plain Sight”, in The New York Times‎^[2], →ISSN:

     When cybersleuths traced the millions of dollars American companies, hospitals and city governments have paid to online extortionists in ransom money, they made a telling discovery: At least some of it passed through one of the most prestigious business addresses in Moscow.

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