• Cyberweapon

    Origin

    - + weapon

    Full definition of cyberweapon

    Noun

    cyberweapon

    (plural cyberweapons)
    1. Computer hardware or software used as a weapon in cyberwarfare.
      • 2000, Kevin Bowyer, Ethics and computing: living responsibly in a computerized worldComplex viruses that cripple communication networks and wartime operations are another cyberweapon.
      • 2001, Tim Crothers, Internet lockdownThere are also indications that worms evolving into a kind of cyberweapon. In a recent series of attacks between US and Chinese hackers, a worm was used.
      • 2005, Mark Sauter, James Jay Carafano, Homeland securityAn offensive cyberweapon can be fashioned with a single, individual computer and a modem.
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