Definition of cybertheft in English:
cybertheft
nounˈsʌɪbəθɛftˈsaɪbərˌθɛft
mass nounTheft carried out by means of computers or the Internet.
online fraud and cybertheft cost financial institutions an estimated $3.5 billion last year
count noun a cybertheft in which criminals infiltrated the bank's computer system and stole £1.3 million
Example sentencesExamples
- Still unknown, for example, is the unseen cost of military cybertheft, said Mr. Lewis.
- And given the amount of attacks and breaches that occur worldwide, who isn't trying to avoid cyberattacks or cyberthefts?
- Andersen believes that the way to address the rampant cybertheft of intellectual property is through economic sanctions.
- Protection against cyberattacks, cybertheft, and the safeguarding of proprietary information have shifted the focus of technology spending to these areas.
- We interviewed members of Britain's National High-Tech Crime Unit as well as the criminals and hackers who profit from cybertheft.
- We have repeatedly raised our concerns at the highest levels about cybertheft with senior officials, including in the military.
- While cyberthefts were escalating, corporate spending on cybersecurity was, too.
- That breach turned out to be one of the most colossal of cybertheft incidents.
- Hollywood hypocrites or not, they are the victims of a virulent form of cybertheft.
- The U.S. charged three Eastern European men with running an international cybertheft ring, arresting them in their native countries with the help of police there.
Definition of cybertheft in US English:
cybertheft
nounˈsaɪbərˌθɛftˈsībərˌTHeft
Theft carried out by means of computers or the Internet.
online fraud and cybertheft cost financial institutions an estimated $3.5 billion last year
a cybertheft in which criminals infiltrated the computer system of a bank and stole £1.3 million
Example sentencesExamples
- That breach turned out to be one of the most colossal of cybertheft incidents.
- And given the amount of attacks and breaches that occur worldwide, who isn't trying to avoid cyberattacks or cyberthefts?
- Still unknown, for example, is the unseen cost of military cybertheft, said Mr. Lewis.
- The U.S. charged three Eastern European men with running an international cybertheft ring, arresting them in their native countries with the help of police there.
- We interviewed members of Britain's National High-Tech Crime Unit as well as the criminals and hackers who profit from cybertheft.
- Andersen believes that the way to address the rampant cybertheft of intellectual property is through economic sanctions.
- Protection against cyberattacks, cybertheft, and the safeguarding of proprietary information have shifted the focus of technology spending to these areas.
- We have repeatedly raised our concerns at the highest levels about cybertheft with senior officials, including in the military.
- Hollywood hypocrites or not, they are the victims of a virulent form of cybertheft.
- While cyberthefts were escalating, corporate spending on cybersecurity was, too.