cyberattack

/ˈsaɪ.bə.ɹəˌtæk/· noun

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cyberattack
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Chinese meaning

网wǎng络luò攻gōng击jī

黑hēi客kè对duì系xì统tǒng发fā起qǐ攻gōng击jī

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黑hēi客kè攻gōng击jī超chāo市shì冷lěng柜guì系xì统tǒng致zhì食shí品pǐn报bào废fèi

Example

More than 500 shops across France were hit in a major cyberattack on freezers, which caused tonnes of food to perish.

法fǎ国guó500多duō家jiā门mén店diàn的de冷lěng冻dòng设shè备bèi遭zāo遇yù一yī场cháng大dà规guī模mó网wǎng络luò攻gōng击jī,导dǎo致zhì数shù吨dūn食shí品pǐn变biàn质zhì报bào废fèi。

Source: Al Jazeera · 13 Oct 2026

Background ✎

法fǎ国guó500多duō家jiā超chāo市shì的de冷lěng冻dòng冰bīng柜guì系xì统tǒng遭zāo遇yù大dà规guī模mó网wǎng络luò攻gōng击jī,导dǎo致zhì大dà量liàng食shí品pǐn变biàn质zhì报bào废fèi。这zhè起qǐ事shì件jiàn也yě凸tū显xiǎn超chāo市shì正zhèng成chéng为wéi黑hēi客kè攻gōng击jī的de新xīn目mù标biāo。

Roots · etymology

cyber-源自cybernetics(控制论);attack源自古法语attaquer

  • cyber-(网络、电脑)+ attack(攻击)

Collocations

  • launch a cyberattack / fall victim to a cyberattack / cyberattack on

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