cyberexploitation

noun

Exploitation through the use of the Internet.

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Meanings

nouncyberexploitation (uncountable)
  1. uncountableExploitation through the use of the Internet.
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    [D]isclosures about America's own focus on cyberweaponry – including American-led attacks on Iran's nuclear infrastructure and National Security Agency documents revealed in the trove taken by Edward J. Snowden, the former agency contractor – detail the degree to which the United States has engaged in what the intelligence world calls "cyberexploitation" of targets in China.

    2014 April 6, David E. Sanger, “U.S. tries candor to assure China on cyberattacks”, in The New York Times

Origin

From cyber- + exploitation.

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APA

cyberexploitation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cyberexploitation

MLA

“cyberexploitation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cyberexploitation. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cyberexploitation,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cyberexploitation.

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