cyberattack

Also known as cyber-attack, cyber attack, hack, hacker attack, hacking, hacking attack, cyber strike, cyberstrike

A cyberattack (or cyber attack) occurs when there is an unauthorized action against computer infrastructure that compromises the confidentiality, integrity, or availability of its content.

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Within Vinony's link graph, cyberattack is referenced by 964 other articles, and connects out to denial-of-service attack, zero-day and cryptocurrency.

It sits within the topics Attacks by method, Cyberattacks and Cybercrime.

Its subject is documented across 43 Wikipedia language editions.

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topic's main category: Category:Cyberattacks
used by: cyberwarfare
facet of: threat
Commons category: Cyberattacks

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

Definitions
Prevalence
Vulnerability
Protection
Attack process and types
Activity
Perpetrators and motivations
Targets and consequences
Consumer data
Critical infrastructure
Corporations and organizations
Governments
Responses
Detection
Recovery
Attribution
Legality
See also
References
Sources

A cyberattack (or cyber attack) occurs when there is an unauthorized action against computer infrastructure that compromises the confidentiality, integrity, or availability of its content.

The rising dependence on increasingly complex and interconnected computer systems in most domains of life is the main factor that causes vulnerability to cyberattacks, since virtually all computer systems have bugs that can be exploited by attackers. Although it is impossible or impractical to create a perfectly secure system, there are many defense mechanisms that can make a system more difficult to attack, making information security a field of rapidly increasing importance in the world today.

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