cyberattack
English · Thesaurus
AI In plain words
Writing a short explanation…
Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.
cyberattack
- /ˈsaɪ.bə.ɹəˌtæk/
noun cyberattacks · cyber attack · cyber-attack
- An attack or intrusion by means of a computer network such as the Internet, often for the purpose of spying. He also points out that if the US does come under cyberattack, we may be powerless to stop the attack.
Opposite: cyberdefense
verb cyberattacks · cyberattacking · cyberattacked · cyber attack · cyber-attack
- To launch a cyberattack. A study by security company Riptech found that in the six months after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, energy companies were cyberattacked at twice the rate of other industries surveyed.
Thesaurus
noun
Opposite: cyberdefense
Translations
Every language
noun attack over a computer network
| Español | ciberataque |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 사이버 공격 saibeo gonggyeok |
| 日本語 | サイバー攻撃 saibā kōgeki |
| 中文 | 網絡攻擊 /网络攻击 wǎngluò gōngjī, 賽博攻擊 /赛博攻击 sàibó gōngjī |
| हिन्दी | साइबर अटैक sāibar aṭaik, साइबर हमला sāibar hamlā, साइबर आक्रमण sāibar ākramaṇ |
| Kiswahili | shambulio la kimtandao, shambulizi la kimtandao |
| Português | ciberataque, ataque cibernético |
| Français | cyberattaque |
| Deutsch | Cyberattacke, Cyberangriff |
| Italiano | cyberattacco |
| Ελληνικά | κυβερνοεπίθεση kyvernoepíthesi |
| Română | atac cibernetic |
| Русский | кѝберата́ка kìberatáka, кѝбернападе́ние kìbernapadénije |
verb to launch a cyberattack
| Español | ciberatacar |
|---|
Talk about this word "cyberattack." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/cyberattack. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. cyberattack. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/cyberattack "cyberattack." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/cyberattack.Cite this
@misc{cyberattack_2026,
title = {cyberattack},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cyberattack},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
