English

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Etymology

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From cyber- +‎ threat.

Noun

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cyberthreat (plural cyberthreats)

  1. A threat posed by means of the Internet or cyberspace.
    • 2009 August 27, John Markoff, “Defying Experts, Rogue Computer Code Still Lurks”, in New York Times[1]:
      But he said that the group’s work proved that government and private industry could cooperate to counter cyberthreats.