How to Use cyberattack in a Sentence

cyberattack

noun
  • 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
  • Clorox has not yet said which brands were impacted in the cyberattack.
    Luke Barr, ABC News, 18 Sep. 2023
  • 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
  • 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 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
  • 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
  • The cyberattacks mark a new phase in a digital conflict between Iran and its rivals.
    Paul Mozur, New York Times, 31 Oct. 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • In the five years since, the US has experienced a flurry of damaging cyberattacks.
    Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 3 Mar. 2023
  • City officials told The Dallas Morning News this week that 97% of its network has been restored two months after the cyberattack, up from 90% last month.
    Everton Bailey Jr., Dallas News, 7 July 2023
  • There had been some speculation on websites like Reddit that there may have been some kind of cyberattack.
    Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Oct. 2023
  • Will Pearce, cyberattack expert for Nvidia, begs to differ.
    PCMAG, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Serebriakov took over Sandworm, which is responsible for some of the worst cyberattacks in history, in the spring of 2022.
    Matt Burgess, WIRED, 18 Mar. 2023
  • First, let’s prevent cyberattacks (ransomware and others) from happening in the first place.
    Hannah Neprash, STAT, 17 Nov. 2023
  • On Tuesday, a cyberattack hit Kyivstar, one of Ukraine's largest mobile and internet providers.
    Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 13 Dec. 2023
  • State officials have also attributed the backlog to that influx, as well as to a staff shortage at the division and a cyberattack.
    Annie Berman, Anchorage Daily News, 4 July 2023
  • We’re both saddened and angered about the recent criminal cyberattack on our studio and the emotional toll it’s taken on our dev team.
    Jordan Moreau, Variety, 22 Dec. 2023
  • Williams’ tenure with BCPS was marked by the coronavirus pandemic and a substantial cyberattack on the school system.
    Sabrina Leboeuf, Baltimore Sun, 3 July 2023
  • Clorox, the consumer products giant that makes those and many other items, is still picking up the pieces after a devastating cyberattack two months ago.
    Marley Jay, NBC News, 10 Oct. 2023
  • Clorox said a cyberattack has led to product shortages at retailers.
    Catherine Stupp and Kim S. Nash, WSJ, 5 Oct. 2023
  • The company confirmed in a Feb. 28 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that the outage was the result of a cyberattack.
    Elizabeth Chuck, NBC News, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Can the United States defend itself against a foreign cyberattack?
    Joel Mathis, The Week, 30 May 2023
  • The spokesperson did not disclose how much the health giant paid after the cyberattack, which shut down operations at hospitals and pharmacies for more than a week.
    Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2024
  • AutoGPTs can both write and execute computer code, so they could be used to run cyberattacks or fraud schemes.
    Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 15 Apr. 2023
  • Two-and-a-half years after the cyberattack, Finnish law enforcement is now in the final stages of its criminal investigation.
    Catherine Stupp, WSJ, 11 May 2023
  • This can lead to firms waiting weeks or months to notify customers and lawmakers about data breaches and cyberattacks.
    WIRED, 29 July 2023

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