cyberwarrior

English

Etymology

cyber- +‎ warrior

Noun

cyberwarrior (plural cyberwarriors)

1. A participant in cyberwarfare.
   • 2009 August 2, John Markoff, “Halted ’03 Iraq Plan Illustrates U.S. Fear of Cyberwar Risk”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     “The cyberwarriors are held back by extremely restrictive rules of engagement.”

   • 2014 April 6, David E. Sanger, “U.S. tries candor to assure China on cyberattacks”, in The New York Times‎^[2]:

     The idea was to allay Chinese concerns about plans to more than triple the number of American cyberwarriors to 6,000 by the end of 2016, a force that will include new teams the Pentagon plans to deploy to each military combatant command around the world.