cyber-terrorism
cyber-terrorism is the alternative spelling of cyberterrorism.
Meaning of cyberterrorism
Noun
cyberterrorism (uncountable)
- The deliberate, large-scale disruption of networks of computers, especially of computers attached to the Internet, by means of viruses etc.
- 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.2001 January 15, Victoria Shannon, quoting Matt McLaughlin, “Internet Conspiracy”, in International Herald Tribune, →ISSN
Origin of cyber-terrorism
From cyber- + terrorism.
Questions about cyber-terrorism
- What is cyber-terrorism the alternative spelling of?
- Cyber-terrorism is the alternative spelling of cyberterrorism.
Words near cyber-terrorism in the dictionary
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