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Cyberattacker vs Cyberattack - What's the difference?

cyberattacker | cyberattack | Derived terms |

Cyberattacker is a derived term of cyberattack.


As nouns the difference between cyberattacker and cyberattack

is that cyberattacker is (internet) the perpetrator of a cyberattack while cyberattack is an attack or intrusion by means of a computer network such as the internet, often for the purpose of spying.

As a verb cyberattack is

to launch a.

cyberattacker

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (Internet) The perpetrator of a cyberattack.

    • cyberattack

    English

    Alternative forms

    *cyber attack

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An attack or intrusion by means of a computer network such as the Internet, often for the purpose of spying
  • *{{quote-news, 1996, July 1, Stephen Pizzo, Information Superhighway Under Assault, Santa Rosa Press-Democrat citation
    • , passage=He also points out that if the US does come under cyberattack , we may be powerless to stop the attack. }}
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    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To launch a
  • *{{quote-news, 2003, August 19, Kevin Maney & Michelle Kessler, Blackout spurs cyberattack worry, USA Today citation
    • , passage=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.}}

    Derived terms

    *cyberattacker