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cyberexploitation

cyberexploitation noun: exploitation through the use of the Internet.

Noun

cyberexploitation (uncountable)

  1. Exploitation through the use of the Internet.
    • [D]isclosures about America's own focus on cyberweaponry – including American-led attacks on Iran's nuclear infrastructure and National Security Agency documents revealed in the trove taken by Edward J. Snowden, the former agency contractor – detail the degree to which the United States has engaged...2014 April 6, David E. Sanger, “U.S. tries candor to assure China on cyberattacks”, in The New York Times

Origin of cyberexploitation

From cyber- + exploitation.

Questions about cyberexploitation

What does cyberexploitation mean?
Cyberexploitation means exploitation through the use of the Internet.
What part of speech is cyberexploitation?
Cyberexploitation is a noun.

Words near cyberexploitation in the dictionary

  1. cyberexercise
  2. cyberexercises
  3. cyberexpert
  4. cyberexpertise
  5. cyberexperts
  6. cyberexploitation
  7. cyberextortion
  8. cyberextortionist
  9. cyberextortionists
  10. cyberfame
  11. cyberfantasies

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