cyber war
Online military conflict
Cyber war is armed conflict conducted through digital attacks on computer systems, networks, and infrastructure.
Nations may wage cyber war by disabling power grids, disrupting communications, or compromising military systems—often without firing conventional weapons.
The term also describes ongoing hostile digital operations between rival states: The two countries have been engaged in cyber war for years.
Also cyberwar.
- hackingInfiltrating protected digital systems
- malwareHarmful computer programs
- attackAggressive act against another
- digitalOf discrete data
- espionageCovert intelligence gathering
state actor · nation state · ransomware · dark web · firewall · breach · virus · encryption · infrastructure · pentagon · kremlin · botnet · phishing · exploit · zero-day · blackout · kill switch · grid
- conflictclash, fight, battle, dispute, feud
- military strategymilitary doctrine, combat tactics, tactical maneuvers, defense policy, nuclear strategy
- Cyber Warfarecyberattack, hacking, malware, DDoS, DDoS attack
- militarysoldiers, army, troops, officers, navy
- WarsWWI
cyber warconventional warfare
Armed conflict using standard military forces
traditional warfare · ground war · armed conflict · shooting war · hot war