Yeah, cybernetics was unrelated to security, and so was the cyberspace or cyberpunk.
Same as with "crypto" which doesn't have any more to do with cryptography either...
I wonder if that was a side effect of all the William Gibson style scifi gaining a browser audience.
Originally, the "cyber" in "cyberspace" was clearly from "kybernetic", focusing on the " virtual worlds", AI, mind uploading ideas, etc.
But the actual plot of e.g. Necromancer heavily involves hacking, warfare and all kinds of topics that would be relevant for cybersecurity today.
So maybe "normies" learned to associate "cyber" with hacking instead of the kybernetic concepts it came from.
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Same as with "crypto" which doesn't have any more to do with cryptography either...
I wonder if that was a side effect of all the William Gibson style scifi gaining a browser audience.
Originally, the "cyber" in "cyberspace" was clearly from "kybernetic", focusing on the " virtual worlds", AI, mind uploading ideas, etc.
But the actual plot of e.g. Necromancer heavily involves hacking, warfare and all kinds of topics that would be relevant for cybersecurity today.
So maybe "normies" learned to associate "cyber" with hacking instead of the kybernetic concepts it came from.