cyberwarfare

English

Etymology

cyber- +‎ warfare

Noun

cyberwarfare (uncountable)

1. Warfare taking place on the Internet, as by disrupting critical online services.
   • 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, via PC, →ISBN, →OCLC, scene: Geth: Hoppers Codex entry:

     The geth models collectively dubbed "hoppers" by Alliance forces are electronic warfare platforms. They can project electromagnetic radiation across a broad spectrum as an offensive weapon. They can also perform cyber warfare attacks against the onboard computers of body armor hardsuits and weapons, adversely affecting their performance.

   • 2014 April 6, David E. Sanger, “U.S. tries candor to assure China on cyberattacks”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     Many [computer attacks of Chinese origin] are believed to be linked to cyberwarfare units of the People's Liberation Army acting on behalf of state-owned, or state-affiliated, Chinese companies.

See also

• cyberterrorism

Translations

warfare taking place on the Internet

• Armenian: կիբեռպատերազմ (kibeṙpaterazm)
• Azerbaijani: kibermüharibə
• Belarusian: кібервайна́ f (kibjervajná)
• Bulgarian: кибервойна́ f (kibervojná)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 網絡戰／网络战, 网络战 (wǎngluòzhàn)

• Finnish: kybersodankäynti (fi)
• French: guerre informatique f, cyberguerre (fr) f
• Georgian: კიბერომი (ḳiberomi)
• German: Cyberkrieg m
• Greek: κυβερνοπόλεμος m (kyvernopólemos)
• Hindi: सायबर युद्ध m (sāybar yuddh)
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• Japanese: サイバー戦争 (サイバーせんそう, saibā sensō)
• Korean: 사이버 전쟁 (saibeo jeonjaeng)
• Latvian: kiberkarš m
• Lithuanian: kiberkaras m
• Macedonian: киберво́јна f (kibervójna)
• Persian: جنگ سایبری (jang-e sâyberi)
• Portuguese: guerra cibernética f, ciberguerra f
• Russian: кибервойна́ (ru) f (kibervojná)
• Spanish: guerra informática f, ciberguerra f
• Turkish: siber savaş
• Ukrainian: кібервійна́ f (kibervijná)