cybercriminal

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

cyber- +‎ criminal

Noun[edit]

cybercriminal (plural cybercriminals)

  1. A perpetrator of cybercrime.
    • 2022 December 22, Zack Whittaker, “LastPass says hackers stole customers' password vaults”, in TechCrunch[1]:
      Password manager giant LastPass has confirmed that cybercriminals stole its customers’ encrypted password vaults, which store its customers’ passwords and other secrets, in a data breach earlier this year.

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Adjective[edit]

cybercriminal (not comparable)

  1. Relating to cybercrime.
    • 2011, Will Gragido, John Pirc, Cybercrime and Espionage: An Analysis of Subversive Multi-Vector Threats, Newnes, →ISBN, page 9:
      When discussing statistical data associated with cybercriminal activity, there are many points to consider, the most salient being a natural extension of traditional criminal activity and by proxy a natural outcropping for organized criminal entities of various denominations.