Cyberattack
noun
An attack done through the internet to harm or disable computers and networks.
The company was the victim of a large-scale cyberattack that compromised the data of millions of users.
Often appears as...
- launch a cyberattack
- prevent a cyberattack
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Technical
noun
An attack done through the internet to harm or disable computers and networks.
The company was the victim of a large-scale cyberattack that compromised the data of millions of users.
Often appears as...
- launch a cyberattack
- prevent a cyberattack
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Security Threat
Cyberattacks threaten the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of digital data.
After the cyberattack, the bank's confidentiality policies were reviewed.
Pro Tip 2/3Modern Warfare
Cyberattacks can be considered a form of modern warfare, targeting states’ digital infrastructure.
Government agencies are often targets of cyberattacks aimed at disrupting national security.
Pro Tip 3/3Online Vulnerabilities
Cyberattacks exploit weaknesses in software and human behavior to gain unauthorized access.
The company's software was out-of-date, leaving it open to a cyberattack.
Pro Tip 1/3Security Threat
Cyberattacks threaten the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of digital data.
After the cyberattack, the bank's confidentiality policies were reviewed.
Pro Tip 2/3Modern Warfare
Cyberattacks can be considered a form of modern warfare, targeting states’ digital infrastructure.
Government agencies are often targets of cyberattacks aimed at disrupting national security.
Pro Tip 3/3Online Vulnerabilities
Cyberattacks exploit weaknesses in software and human behavior to gain unauthorized access.
The company's software was out-of-date, leaving it open to a cyberattack.
Pro Tip 1/3Security Threat
Cyberattacks threaten the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of digital data.
After the cyberattack, the bank's confidentiality policies were reviewed.
Pro Tip 2/3Modern Warfare
Cyberattacks can be considered a form of modern warfare, targeting states’ digital infrastructure.
Government agencies are often targets of cyberattacks aimed at disrupting national security.
Pro Tip 3/3Online Vulnerabilities
Cyberattacks exploit weaknesses in software and human behavior to gain unauthorized access.
The company's software was out-of-date, leaving it open to a cyberattack.
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Marco Annunziata:...
and there will be barriers to break, obstacles to overcome. We will need to invest in the new technologies. We will need to adapt organizations and managerial practices. We will need a robust cybersecurity approach that protects sensitive information and intellectual property and safeguards critical infrastructure from cyberattacks.
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Richard Ledgett: The NSA...
and in fact a significant number of them, the ones who are assigned oversight responsibility, did have the ability to do that. And you've actually had the chairs of those committees say that in public. Now, you mentioned the threat of cyberattacks, and I don't think anyone in this room would disagree that that is a huge concern,
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Danny Hillis: The...
and software got in there that causes the centrifuges, in that case, to actually destroy themselves. Now that same kind of software could destroy an oil refinery or a pharmaceutical factory or a semiconductor plant. And so there's a lot of -- I'm sure you've read a lot in papers, about worries about cyberattacks
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Are China and the US...
Instead, what we have done in the U.S. and the West is welcome China into the global economy, and on top of that, welcome them into the World Trade Organization. The U.S. and the West say China cheats on the question of intellectual property rights, and through cyberattacks on U.S. and global firms.
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Avi Rubin: All your...
latex gloves when she was on the computer, and there would be no harm whatsoever in that. I'm going to get back to this notion of being able to get a virus from your computer, in a serious way. What I'm going to talk to you about today are some hacks, some real world cyberattacks that people
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All your devices can be...
to this notion of being able to get a virus from your computer in a serious what I'm going to talk to you about today are some hacks some real-world cyberattacks that people in my community the academic research community have performed which I don't think most
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Guy-Philippe Goldstein:...
that cyberattacks could be as powerful as weapons of mass destruction. Moreover, the Americans have decided to spend over 30 billion dollars in the next five years to build up their cyberwar capabilities. And across the world today, we see
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Hackers: the internet's...
of Internet dwellers. It turns out, the Internet doesn't like it when you try to remove things from it, and it will react with cyberattacks and elaborate pranks and with a series of organized protests all around the world,
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How we take back the...
without worrying about people monitoring those communications or subverting them for their own ends. And do those same decisions also potentially open America up to cyberattacks from other sources?
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American Blackout PIPE...
the current blackout is the result of a cyberattack
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Marco Annunziata:...
and there will be barriers to break, obstacles to overcome. We will need to invest in the new technologies. We will need to adapt organizations and managerial practices. We will need a robust cybersecurity approach that protects sensitive information and intellectual property and safeguards critical infrastructure from cyberattacks.
Video examples
Richard Ledgett: The NSA...
and in fact a significant number of them, the ones who are assigned oversight responsibility, did have the ability to do that. And you've actually had the chairs of those committees say that in public. Now, you mentioned the threat of cyberattacks, and I don't think anyone in this room would disagree that that is a huge concern,
Video examples
Danny Hillis: The...
and software got in there that causes the centrifuges, in that case, to actually destroy themselves. Now that same kind of software could destroy an oil refinery or a pharmaceutical factory or a semiconductor plant. And so there's a lot of -- I'm sure you've read a lot in papers, about worries about cyberattacks
Video examples
Are China and the US...
Instead, what we have done in the U.S. and the West is welcome China into the global economy, and on top of that, welcome them into the World Trade Organization. The U.S. and the West say China cheats on the question of intellectual property rights, and through cyberattacks on U.S. and global firms.
Video examples
Avi Rubin: All your...
latex gloves when she was on the computer, and there would be no harm whatsoever in that. I'm going to get back to this notion of being able to get a virus from your computer, in a serious way. What I'm going to talk to you about today are some hacks, some real world cyberattacks that people
Video examples
All your devices can be...
to this notion of being able to get a virus from your computer in a serious what I'm going to talk to you about today are some hacks some real-world cyberattacks that people in my community the academic research community have performed which I don't think most
Video examples
Guy-Philippe Goldstein:...
that cyberattacks could be as powerful as weapons of mass destruction. Moreover, the Americans have decided to spend over 30 billion dollars in the next five years to build up their cyberwar capabilities. And across the world today, we see
Video examples
Hackers: the internet's...
of Internet dwellers. It turns out, the Internet doesn't like it when you try to remove things from it, and it will react with cyberattacks and elaborate pranks and with a series of organized protests all around the world,
Video examples
How we take back the...
without worrying about people monitoring those communications or subverting them for their own ends. And do those same decisions also potentially open America up to cyberattacks from other sources?
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American Blackout PIPE...
the current blackout is the result of a cyberattack
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Richard Burr
American Politician
Russia has conducted a coordinated cyberattack on state election systems and hacked critical infrastructure. They have used social media to sow chaos and discord in our society. They have beaten and harassed U.S. diplomats and violated anti-proliferation treaties.
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Christian Slater
American Actor
The Internet definitely could be a weapon of mass destruction - it's not going to come in a bomb, it's going to come as a cyberattack. It's pretty amazing to see what a small group of people can do if they really know how to control the universe.
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Evgeny Morozov
Belarusian Writer
Cyberattacks have become a permanent fixture on the international scene because they have become easy and cheap to launch. Basic computer literacy and a modest budget can go a long way toward invading a country's cyberspace.
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James Clapper
American Public Servant
Although we must be prepared for a catastrophic large-scale strike, a cyber armageddon, the reality is that we have been living with a constant barrage of cyberattacks for some time. The trend, I believe, will continue.
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Jacky Rosen
American Politician
The gender disparity in STEM is depriving our country of talented minds that could be inventing the next breakthrough technology, founding the next big startup or keeping our nation safe from cyberattacks.
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Dmitri Alperovitch
Russian Businessman
What you really want is for a cyberattack to be very costly and risky so it is used only rarely and only against really high-value targets.
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William Barr
American Public Servant
While encryption protects against cyberattacks, deploying it in warrant-proof form jeopardizes public safety more generally.
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Jack Keane
American General
Cyberespionage and cyberattack is exploding from our adversaries inside our country. We don't seem capable of stopping it.
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Jared Cohen
American Businessman
The big unknown is, at what point is a cyberattack so significant that it warrants a physical-world response.
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Valerie Plame
American Writer
To my knowledge, no one has died from a cyberattack... but there is a gray area between peace and war.
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Richard Burr
American Politician
Russia has conducted a coordinated cyberattack on state election systems and hacked critical infrastructure. They have used social media to sow chaos and discord in our society. They have beaten and harassed U.S. diplomats and violated anti-proliferation treaties.
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Christian Slater
American Actor
The Internet definitely could be a weapon of mass destruction - it's not going to come in a bomb, it's going to come as a cyberattack. It's pretty amazing to see what a small group of people can do if they really know how to control the universe.
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Evgeny Morozov
Belarusian Writer
Cyberattacks have become a permanent fixture on the international scene because they have become easy and cheap to launch. Basic computer literacy and a modest budget can go a long way toward invading a country's cyberspace.
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James Clapper
American Public Servant
Although we must be prepared for a catastrophic large-scale strike, a cyber armageddon, the reality is that we have been living with a constant barrage of cyberattacks for some time. The trend, I believe, will continue.
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Jacky Rosen
American Politician
The gender disparity in STEM is depriving our country of talented minds that could be inventing the next breakthrough technology, founding the next big startup or keeping our nation safe from cyberattacks.
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Dmitri Alperovitch
Russian Businessman
What you really want is for a cyberattack to be very costly and risky so it is used only rarely and only against really high-value targets.
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William Barr
American Public Servant
While encryption protects against cyberattacks, deploying it in warrant-proof form jeopardizes public safety more generally.
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Jack Keane
American General
Cyberespionage and cyberattack is exploding from our adversaries inside our country. We don't seem capable of stopping it.
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Jared Cohen
American Businessman
The big unknown is, at what point is a cyberattack so significant that it warrants a physical-world response.
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Valerie Plame
American Writer
To my knowledge, no one has died from a cyberattack... but there is a gray area between peace and war.
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