How to Use cyberwar in a Sentence

cyberwar

noun
  • Now, the cyberwar has widened to target civilians on a large scale.
    New York Times, 27 Nov. 2021
  • The cyberwar in Ukraine has been less disastrous than had been feared.
    Joseph Menn, Washington Post, 11 May 2023
  • Since the beginning of the Russia-Ukraine war, Anonymous vowed to wage a cyberwar against Putin.
    Carmela Chirinos, Fortune, 25 Apr. 2022
  • Israel and Iran have been involved for years in a mutual cyberwar.
    Yonat Friling, Fox News, 18 Nov. 2021
  • Researchers say Russia unleashed more wipers on Ukraine than at any point in its long-running cyberwar against its neighbor.
    WIRED, 25 Feb. 2023
  • The Biden administration is betting the farm on the belief that any world-wide problem will do the trick, with global threats ranging from climate change to cyberwar on the increase.
    Walter Russell Mead, WSJ, 2 Aug. 2021
  • There is also a concern the Kremlin could wage a cyberwar after Ukraine was hit with a massive attack that downed a number of government websites this month.
    Yuliya Talmazan, NBC News, 25 Jan. 2022
  • As the volunteer cyberwar over Ukraine grows bigger, the United States and its allies must not be caught flat-footed should this shadow conflict—or the next—threaten to spiral out of control.
    Elisabeth Braw, Foreign Affairs, 2 May 2022
  • The hacker group Anonymous has allegedly launched a cyberwar against the Russian government.
    Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 26 Feb. 2022
  • Unclear on the concept: When West Point holds its annual cyberwar games, the troops wear full fatigues while fighting an enemy online.
    Rebecca Coffey, Discover Magazine, 19 May 2010
  • The leaks also demonstrate Ukraine’s willingness to join forces with amateur hackers in its cyberwar against Russia.
    New York Times, 22 Apr. 2022
  • The cyberwar has expanded rapidly beyond Ukraine and Russia, new data shows.
    Tyler Hicks Gaëlle Girbes, New York Times, 30 June 2023
  • But as Russia has switched up the tempo of its cyberwar, focusing on quantity rather than quality of attacks, Cadet Blizzard may play a key role in that brutal cadence of chaos.
    WIRED, 17 June 2023
  • Dune lends itself to many interpretations, but its most compelling might be as a template for future global conflicts, from Afghanistan to cyberwar.
    Brian Barrett, Wired, 2 Oct. 2021
  • And so a cyberwar between groups that aren’t officially connected to the combatants continues to volley back and forth.
    Christopher Mims, WSJ, 5 Mar. 2022
  • Alongside the physical violence of the Russian assault on Ukraine, a parallel cyberwar is under way that has little, if any, precedent.
    Christopher Mims, WSJ, 5 Mar. 2022
  • Cyberwarfare involves actions that may be part of a cyberwar, and are usually more quid-pro-quo, isolated instances.
    Anurag Lal, Forbes, 15 July 2022
  • The Russia-Ukraine conflict could trigger a massive cyberwar, New Scientist surmised.
    Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 26 Feb. 2022
  • Russia had the most breaches in the first quarter which, according to Surfshark, was likely because internet activist group Anonymous declared a cyberwar on the country as a response to its invasion of Ukraine.
    Manavi Kapur, Quartz, 18 Apr. 2022
  • However, defense spending will be increased for special ops, cyberwar ops, and unmanned systems.
    IEEE Spectrum, 27 Jan. 2012
  • The years-long ethical debate surrounding cyberwar — and its impact on civilians — is no longer theoretical.
    Brian Fung, CNN, 1 Mar. 2022
  • For more commentary on the economic prospects of Russia and Ukraine, the fizzled cyberwar, and their comparative technology sectors see this prior interview.
    Sebastien Roblin, Forbes, 5 May 2023
  • Both were a bit grim, touching on the impact of an ongoing cyberwar in Ukraine, the rise of online disinformation, and the political turbulence following unfounded claims that the 2020 US election was fraudulent.
    PCMAG, 12 Aug. 2022
  • But the contemporary era of cyberespionage and cyberwar has, in reality, provided yet another domain for Dune’s kanly to play out.
    Andy Greenberg, Wired, 28 Sep. 2021
  • There’s no cybersecurity strategy good enough to win a cyberwar.
    Steve Andriole, Forbes, 6 July 2021
  • Will either of these outcomes, a master algorithm that will effectively end cyberattacks or a cyberwar that leads to societal collapse, occur?
    Richard A. Clarke, WSJ, 5 Oct. 2020
  • In addition to the unprecedented front against the country and its business interests, Russia has also become the target of an international private cyberwar declared by the hacking group Anonymous.
    Ran Nahmias, Forbes, 13 June 2022
  • Washington’s most important task, therefore, is somehow to secure significant increases in defense budgets across the full threat spectrum, from terrorism to cyberwar.
    John Bolton, WSJ, 30 Aug. 2021
  • Instead the cyberwar has been something closer to Internet trench warfare: a grinding conflict of relentless, if sometimes unsophisticated attacks that have taken casualties but had limited impact on the course of the fight.
    Dustin Volz, WSJ, 12 Apr. 2022
  • There's a much larger emphasis on artificial intelligence, cyberwar and space.
    Zachary B. Wolf, CNN, 1 May 2021

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