How to Use cyberattack in a Sentence

cyberattack

noun
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  • As cyberattacks rise, so do the coffers of firms that fight them.
    — Luisa Beltran, Fortune, 8 June 2023
  • But the graphs on cyberattacks—both the frequency and the damage—have only continued to go up and to the right.
    — Sage Lazzaro, Fortune, 8 Feb. 2024
  • The White House said there was no evidence the problem was caused by a cyberattack.
    — Harold Maass, The Week, 12 Jan. 2023
  • The White House said there was no evidence that a cyberattack caused the problem.
    — Susan Glaser, cleveland, 11 Jan. 2023
  • Clorox has not yet said which brands were impacted in the cyberattack.
    — Luke Barr, ABC News, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Jones told the Free Press last week that the current cyberattack is not connected to the previous breach.
    — Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 13 Aug. 2024
  • This is the first time that Saint Agnes has experienced a cyberattack, Blome said.
    — Angela Roberts, Baltimore Sun, 10 May 2024
  • But the financial wreckage caused by the cyberattack will take a lot longer to clean up, health providers and analysts say.
    — Sean Lyngaas, CNN, 12 Mar. 2024
  • There is no evidence of a cyberattack at this time, according to the White House.
    — Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2023
  • Which is that: The real weapon being used here isn’t a cyberattack, a smart bomb, or sabotage.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 6 Dec. 2023
  • The Arizona Republic received a copy of a note allegedly sent to the district from the source of the cyberattack, Royal.
    — Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 31 Jan. 2023
  • The delay in releasing details about the cyberattack has left the public in the dark about how they might be affected.
    — Everton Bailey Jr., Dallas News, 8 Aug. 2023
  • No courtrooms across the state were disrupted by the cyberattack.
    — Drew Dawson, Journal Sentinel, 23 Mar. 2023
  • The first notices were mailed starting July 19 to those whose data was involved in the cyberattack.
    — Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 22 July 2024
  • An extended power outage or cyberattack could mean the state wouldn’t be able to pay its bills.
    — Ian Max Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 9 Feb. 2024
  • As the threat of cyberattacks grows, so does the demand for professionals who can address them.
    — Morgan Smith, CNBC, 31 July 2024
  • The cyberattack, which overwhelmed Colorado.gov with web traffic, is a common and simple way to take down websites.
    — Kevin Collier, NBC News, 6 Oct. 2022
  • The British auction house had to postpone the Geneva sale due to a cyberattack, Bloomberg reported on Monday.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 13 May 2024
  • Yeah, this was a cyberattack that affected almost half of all fuel consumed on the East Coast.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2024
  • The cyberattacks mark a new phase in a digital conflict between Iran and its rivals.
    — Paul Mozur, New York Times, 31 Oct. 2023
  • But House said the survey points to the reality that no company is safe from a cyberattack.
    — Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 26 Sep. 2022
  • This isn't the first time a cyberattack at McLaren has had ripple effects that disrupted patient care.
    — Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 13 Aug. 2024
  • In Iran, the Predatory Sparrow group of hackers—which claims to be hacktivists—used a cyberattack to start a fire in a steel factory in July.
    — Matt Burgess, WIRED, 27 Dec. 2022
  • This is not the American health care system’s first crippling cyberattack, of course.
    — Erika Fry, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2024
  • The actions also give the Coast Guard, which regulates the nation's ports, the ability to respond to cyberattacks.
    — Colleen Long, Quartz, 21 Feb. 2024
  • Customers started asking questions about the bare shelves, Underwood said, prompting the store to post the Dole memo about the cyberattack on its Facebook page.
    — Sean Lyngaas, CNN, 22 Feb. 2023
  • But for years, security researchers have warned that more needs to be done to secure the satellites against cyberattacks.
    — Matt Burgess, WIRED, 20 July 2023
  • Stop cyberattacks in their tracks by concealing your home and IP address.
    — Stackcommerce Team (sponsored), PCMAG, 13 Oct. 2024
  • The past few years have reinforced that no organization is immune to the threat of a cyberattack.
    — Mike Wilson, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2023
  • Regardless of how the cyberattack was carried out, the result was unhappy soldiers—and a risk to Maduro’s grip on power.
    — Zach Dorfman, WIRED, 31 Oct. 2024

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