cyber terrorism

CYBER TERRORISM

NAMES: María parra,

Marco aponte, juan

David corredor

The computer use for terrorist purposes is

one of the greatest threats and the greatest

challenge of the XXI century in modern

society.

The FBI definition of terrorism:

"The unlawful use of force or violence against persons or

property to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian

population, or any segment thereof, in furtherance of political

or social objectives."

The U.S. National

Infrastructure Protection

Center defined the term as:

"A criminal act perpetrated by the use of computers and

telecommunications capabilities, resulting in violence,

destruction and/or disruption of services to create fear by

causing confusion and uncertainty within a given population,

with the goal of influencing a government or population to

conform to particular political, social or ideological agenda".

Why do they use cyber attacks?

Cyber terrorist prefer using the cyber attack

methods:

because of many advantages for it.

It is Cheaper than traditional methods.

The action is very Difficult to be tracked.

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They can hide their personalities and location.

There are no physical barriers or check points to cross.

They can do it remotely from anywhere in the world.

They can use this method to attack a big number of targets.

They can affect a large number of people

you must be careful on the Internet