espionage network
- noun
- /ˈɛspiənɑːʒ ˈnɛtˌwɜrk/
- Specialized
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red de espionaje
- Security researchers found that the espionage network used thousands of compromised routers to steal data.
Examples
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Investigators traced the cyber espionage network to a state-backed hacking group.
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The report described an espionage network combining human agents and automated malware-controlled servers.
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The espionage network was dismantled.
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An espionage network is dangerous.
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Security researchers found that the espionage network used thousands of compromised routers to steal data.
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Investigators traced the cyber espionage network to a state-backed hacking group.
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The report described an espionage network combining human agents and automated malware-controlled servers.
How Complex
- Specialized
- Texting
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase combines 'espionage' (spying) and 'network' (an interconnected system), so its meaning — a network used for spying or covert intelligence collection — is directly compositional and predictable from the constituents. Even when applied to cyber infrastructure (compromised devices, servers, accounts), the sense is a literal extension of those words and would be understandable to a learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
Espionage network for computers makes the image of many hacked computers and hidden servers joined like a secret web, with machines sharing stolen files and sending data quietly, so it means 'a hidden computer system used to collect or steal information'.