Cyberconflict

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Conflict in cyberspace; cyberwarfare. countable, uncountable

    "In 2001 Russian hackers penetrated Defense Department computers in what are referred to as the Moonlight Maze attacks. Some treat the 2007 cyberattacks on Estonia as the beginning of a new era in warfare […] In this section we examine these and other examples of cyberconflict […]"

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"In 2001 Russian hackers penetrated Defense Department computers in what are referred to as the Moonlight Maze attacks. Some treat the 2007 cyberattacks on Estonia as the beginning of a new era in warfare […] In this section we examine these and other examples of cyberconflict […]"

Etymology

From cyber- + conflict.

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