cyberespionage

English

Etymology

From cyber- +‎ espionage.

Noun

cyberespionage (uncountable)

1. Espionage carried out by means of the Internet or in cyberspace.
   • 2014, Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security, page 45:

     Major cyberpowers have engaged in cyberespionage on each other, and committed acts of disruption of information operations or degrading of stored information.

Synonyms

• cyberspying

Translations

espionage carried out by means of the Internet

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 網絡間諜／网络间谍 (wǎngluò jiàndié)

• Finnish: verkkovakoilu
• French: cyberespionnage (fr) m
• Russian: кибершпиона́ж (ru) m (kiberšpionáž)