Cyberact
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Cyberact is a noun meaning An act committed by means of a computer network such as the Internet, often illegally.
Meaning
An act committed by means of a computer network such as the Internet, often illegally.
Example Sentences
In a joint move with several U.S. agencies, the State Department announced that it was penalizing 10 Iranians, including the three men, along with two entities for “conducting malicious cyberacts, including ransomware activity,” according to a statement.
In the cybersecurity field, we do not have an attribution problem; we have a plausible-deniability problem. It is not that any cyberact is a mystery, given the great context of international events and history, but that cyberattacks can be conducted by a few individuals and those individuals can be disavowed by governments.
Word Forms
- cyberacts
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include cybercrime, cyberinvasion, cyberassault, cyberoffense, cyberattack, cyberpiracy.
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