defacement

Example Sentences

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So far, damage to Russian targets appears to be restricted to defacements with antiwar messaging and graphic images of death and destruction in the hopes of mobilizing Russians against the invasion.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 4, 2022

Analysts said the defacements may be the work of non-state agents, or hacktivists, noting that vandalizing government websites was not a sweeping or sophisticated hacking operation.

From Washington Post • Jan. 14, 2022

“Among other possible effects, website defacements can disrupt an organization’s operations and damage its credibility,” said William F. Sweeney Jr., assistant director in chief of the FBI’s New York field office.

From Washington Times • May 11, 2018

By May 2011, Zone-H had recorded 23,532 defacements by the group.

From Scientific American • Dec. 12, 2017

Above the glazed cupboards, ascends the roughly plastered black wall, looking as if covered with leprosy, and all seamed with defacements.

From Theresa Raquin by Vizetelly, Ernest Alfred