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cyberact

cyberact noun: an act committed by means of a computer network such as the Internet, often illegally.

Noun

cyberact (plural cyberacts)

  1. An act committed by means of a computer network such as the Internet, often illegally.
    • 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...2014 December 14, Brandon Valeriano, “Five questions (and answers) about North Korea and the Sony hack”, in The Washington Post
    • 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.2022 September 14, Glenn Thrush, “U.S. Charges 3 Iranians in Broad Hacking Scheme”, in The New York Times

Forms of cyberact

pluralcyberacts

Origin of cyberact

From cyber- + act.

Questions about cyberact

What does cyberact mean?
Cyberact means an act committed by means of a computer network such as the Internet, often illegally.
What part of speech is cyberact?
Cyberact is a noun.
What is the plural of cyberact?
The plural of cyberact is cyberacts.

Words near cyberact in the dictionary

  1. cyber-goth
  2. cyber-Muslim
  3. cyber-Muslims
  4. cyber-terrorism
  5. Cyberabad
  6. cyberact
  7. cyberactive
  8. cyberactivism
  9. cyberactivist
  10. cyberactivists
  11. cyberactivities

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