cyber-attack

English

Etymology

From cyber- +‎ attack.

Noun

cyber-attack (plural cyber-attacks)

  1. Alternative form of cyberattack.
    • 2021 August 11, “Network News: Cyber-attack wipes out Northern's new ticket machines”, in RAIL, number 937, page 11:
      Train operator Northern has reassured passengers that their personal data has not been compromised after a cyber-attack paralysed new touch-screen ticket machines at all of its 420 stations.
    • 2026 October 17, Kim Willsher, “Not cool: who hacked France’s supermarket fridges?”, in The Guardian‎[1], →ISSN:
      In a “bizarre and unprecedented” cyber-attack, hackers had remotely overridden the temperature settings on thousands of freezers, fridges and chiller cabinets pushing them from as low as -27C (-16.6F) to well over 50C (122F). […] The Paris public prosecutor’s office immediately opened an investigation into the latest in a series of cyber-attacks that have made France the most hacked country in Europe.
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