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cyberassault

cyberassault noun: an attack carried out by means of a computer network.

Noun

cyberassault (plural cyberassaults)

  1. An attack carried out by means of a computer network.
    • 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...2002, Christian Barnes, Eric Ouellet, Neal O'Farrell, Hack proofing your wireless network
    • 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...2005, Vince Flynn, Consent to kill

Forms of cyberassault

pluralcyberassaults

Origin of cyberassault

From cyber- + assault.

Questions about cyberassault

What does cyberassault mean?
Cyberassault means an attack carried out by means of a computer network.
What part of speech is cyberassault?
Cyberassault is a noun.
What is the plural of cyberassault?
The plural of cyberassault is cyberassaults.

Words near cyberassault in the dictionary

  1. cyberarsenals
  2. cyberart
  3. cyberartist
  4. cyberartists
  5. cyberarts
  6. cyberassault
  7. cyberassaults
  8. cyberasset
  9. cyberassets
  10. cyberathlete
  11. cyberathletes

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