cybertheft

noun

cybertheft

noun

Etymology From cyber- + theft.

1

Theft carried out by means of computer technology.

  • Security software firm McAfee estimates that cybertheft and vandalism cost the US economy $20 billion per year.2008, Markus Jakobsson, Zulfikar Ramzan, Crimeware: understanding new attacks and defenses:
Related terms
cyberthief, cybertrespass, cybervandalism

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