cybertheft
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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.