cyberterrorism

See also: cyber-terrorism and cyber terrorism

English

Alternative forms

• cyber-terrorism, cyber terrorism

Etymology

cyber- +‎ terrorism

Noun

cyberterrorism (uncountable)

1. (computing) The deliberate, large-scale disruption of networks of computers, especially of computers attached to the Internet, by means of viruses etc.
   • 2001 January 15, Victoria Shannon, quoting Matt McLaughlin, “Internet Conspiracy”, in International Herald Tribune‎^[1], →ISSN:

     Youths from California, Michigan and Israel were also found to have discussed cyberterrorism in some chat rooms and are suspected of trying to inject a malicious computer code into the Web servers that form the communications backbone of the Internet, Mr. McLaughlin said.

Translations

terrorism on the Internet

• Czech: kyberterorismus m
• Dutch: cyberterrorisme (nl) n
• Finnish: kyberterrorismi (fi)
• French: cyberterrorisme (fr) m
• Kazakh: кибертерроризм (kiberterrorizm), киберлаңкестік (kiberlañkestık)
• Spanish: ciberterrorismo m

See also

• cyberattack
• cyberdefense
• cyberextortion
• cyberpower
• cybersafety
• cybersecurity
• cyberspace
• cyberwar
• cyberwarfare

 

Further reading

• cyberterrorism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia