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Cyber Attack

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An attack, via cyberspace, targeting an enterprise’s use of cyberspace for the purpose of disrupting, disabling, destroying, or maliciously controlling a computing environment/infrastructure; or destroying the integrity of the data or stealing controlled information.

MWENISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 2

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SEC IM Guidance Update: Cybersecurity Guidance, No. 2015-02

A cyberspace attack targeting an enterprises use of cyberspace to disrupt, disable, destroy, or maliciously control a computing environment or infrastructure; or destroy the integrity of the data or steal controlled information.

CPMI-IOSCO Guidance on Cyber Resilience for Financial Market Infrastructures

The use of an exploit by an adversary to take advantage of a weakness(es) with the intent of achieving an adverse effect on the ICT environment.

Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) IT Examination Handbook Infobase, Glossary

An attempt to damage, disrupt, or gain unauthorized access to a computer, computer system, or electronic communications network. An attack, via cyberspace, targeting an institution for the purpose of disrupting, disabling, destroying, or maliciously controlling a computing environment/infrastructure; or destroying the integrity of the data or stealing controlled information.

Classifications

Entity Type

Threat0%rule-basedmulti_axis_classifier_low_confidence.v1
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Sensitivity

Regulated75%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Information Class

unclassified

Variants

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