cyberconflict

English

Etymology

cyber- +‎ conflict

Noun

cyberconflict (countable and uncountable, plural cyberconflicts)

1. Conflict in cyberspace; cyberwarfare.
   • 2014, Glenn Hastedt, Donna L. Lybecker, Vaughn P. Shannon, Cases in International Relations:

     In 2001 Russian hackers penetrated Defense Department computers in what are referred to as the Moonlight Maze attacks. Some treat the 2007 cyberattacks on Estonia as the beginning of a new era in warfare […] In this section we examine these and other examples of cyberconflict […]