cyber spy
Online intelligence operative
A cyber spy is someone who conducts espionage through digital means—hacking into computer systems, intercepting communications, or stealing data.
The term applies to both state-sponsored operatives gathering intelligence on foreign governments and corporate spies seeking trade secrets: The cyber spy had been inside the network for months before anyone noticed.
- hackerUnauthorized system accessor
- black hatUnethical computer intruder
- state actorEntity acting for nation
- foreign agentSomeone representing another nation
- infiltrateEnter secretly to observe
malware · encrypted · shadow · covert · surveillance · breach · data breach · firewall · phishing · social engineering · darknet · dark web · operative · intelligence · clandestine · deep cover · code name · backdoor
operational domain
cyber spyfield agent
Deployed intelligence operative
case officer · mole · covert operative · infiltrator · undercover agent