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cybersleuth en · NOUN

Etymology

From cyber- + sleuth.

Meanings

1. (informal) A cyberdetective.
   • When cybersleuths traced the millions of dollars American companies, hospitals and city governments have paid to online extortionists in ransom money, they made a telling discovery: At least some of it passed through one of the most prestigious business addresses in Moscow. 2021 December 6, Andrew E. Kramer, “Companies Linked to Russian Ransomware Hide in Plain Sight”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
   • For the cybersleuth, hunting evidence in the data tangle of the Internet, the problem is different. 2009 May 12, John Markoff, “Tracking Cyberspies Through the Web Wilderness”, in New York Times:

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