cyber terrorism
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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.
.
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