Cybergeddon (from tech. ''cyber-'', lit. "computer"; Hebrew: ''Megiddo'', extracted from ''Har Megiddo'' ("mountain of final battle")) refers to cataclysm resulting from a large-scale sabotage of all computerized networks, systems and activities. It combines cyberterrorism,

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, and hacktivism into scenarios of wide-scale internet disruption or

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. Economic or industrial infrastructure could be targeted, such as banks or industrial control systems. Since 2012, the number of Internet-based attacks and their complexity has increased. "Cybergeddon is a possibility," FireEye CEO Ashar Aziz explained in an interview with Bloomberg: "Attacks on critical infrastructures such as the

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or financial institutions could wreak havoc not just on United States economy, but in fact, the world economy." The

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cited

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attacks as a part of the military action that may bring about cybergeddon.

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