Cyberassault
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Cyberassault is a noun meaning An attack carried out by means of a computer network.
Meaning
An attack carried out by means of a computer network.
Example Sentences
Why did the NISCC believe that these attacks were different from general computer viruses and other cyberassaults that have been launched in the past?
Kennedy told the man, who she had taken an extreme disliking to, that she had ordered the cyberassault and would continue to bombard his network every day.
Ping floods as well as new and interesting distributed denial of service (DDOS) attacks are still being developed and have been able to disrupt the service of some of the largest Internet service providers around (as was done in the cyberassaults in early 2000 against Buy.com, eBay, CNN, and Amazon.com).
Word Forms
- cyberassaults
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include cyberattack, cyber-attack, cyberoffensive, cyberact, cybercrime, cyberexercise.
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