cybertheft
English
Etymology
cyber- + theft
Noun
cybertheft (countable and uncountable, plural cyberthefts)
- Theft carried out by means of computer technology.
- 2008, Markus Jakobsson, Zulfikar Ramzan, Crimeware: understanding new attacks and defenses
- Security software firm McAfee estimates that cybertheft and vandalism cost the US economy $20 billion per year.
- 2008, Markus Jakobsson, Zulfikar Ramzan, Crimeware: understanding new attacks and defenses
Related terms
- cyberthief
See also
- cybertrespass
- cybervandalism