cyberterrorism

See also: cyber-terrorism and cyber terrorism

English

From cyber- +‎ terrorism.

cyberterrorism (uncountable)

(computing) The deliberate, large-scale disruption of networks of computers, especially of computers attached to the Internet, by means of viruses etc.
- 2001 January 15, Victoria Shannon, quoting Matt McLaughlin, “Internet Conspiracy”, in International Herald Tribune‎^[1], →ISSN:
  Youths from California, Michigan and Israel were also found to have discussed cyberterrorism in some chat rooms and are suspected of trying to inject a malicious computer code into the Web servers that form the communications backbone of the Internet, Mr. McLaughlin said.

terrorism on the Internet