cyberterrorism

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See also: cyber-terrorism and cyber terrorism

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From cyber- +‎ terrorism.

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cyberterrorism (uncountable)

  1. (computing) The deliberate, large-scale disruption of networks of computers, especially of computers attached to the Internet, by means of viruses etc.
    • 2001 January 15, Victoria Shannon, quoting Matt McLaughlin, “Internet Conspiracy”, in International Herald Tribune‎, →ISSN:
      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.

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