CYBERATTACK Definition & Meaning

cyberattack

or cy·ber at·tack

[ sahy-ber-uh-tak ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

an attempt to damage, disrupt, or gain unauthorized access to a computer, computer system, or electronic communications network.

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of cyberattack¹

First recorded in 1995–2000; cyber- none + attack none

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The cyberattack led to the disruption of critical services including NHS 111, and left some healthcare staff unable to access patient records.

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A cyberattack at L.A.-based Prospect Medical Holdings affects computers at hospitals in several U.S. states, forcing some ERs to close and ambulances to be diverted.

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In a report published in 2019, the American Medical Assn. noted that 83% of physicians had experienced some form of cyberattack, and characterized cybersecurity as “a patient safety issue.”

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No sooner has this block of exposition concluded than a cyberattack cripples every system in the U.S.A., including all the ones that had been thought invulnerable.

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President George Mullen who is called in to help the current POTUS, played by Angela Bassett, after a catastrophic cyberattack threatens the nation.

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