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by kazinator 2636 days ago
Let's see:

https://www.etymonline.com/word/cybernetic#etymonline_v_3657...

"kybernetikos": Greek for "good at steering".

Thus military attack involving an excellent steering maneuver is cyber attack.

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Not too sure about the -tikos thing and the "good at" part, google (and the Oxford dictionary) gives etymology from kubernetes, pilot. Cybernetics is then, I guess, the science of (automatic) control, so nothing to do with "steering".