cyberintruder

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noun

One who breaks into a computer system; a malicious hacker.

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Meanings

nouncyberintruder (plural cyberintruders)

plural cyberintruders

  1. One who breaks into a computer system; a malicious hacker.

    And even though his department takes the threat of hacking and malicious cyberintruders seriously, he said, “I’ve got a list of 16 things that I try to address in terms of outages — only one of them is cyber- or malicious attacks.”

    2007 September 12, John Schwartz, “Who Needs Hackers?”, in New York Times

Origin

From cyber- + intruder.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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