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The group first emerged in hacking operations against U.S. websites in January 2015 as the Cyber Caliphate Army (CCA). [1] In March 2015, the Islamic State published a "kill list" on a website that included names, ranks, and addresses of 100 U.S. military members. [12] A pattern of similar attacks emerged after the media coverage.
In the first six months of 2017, two billion data records were stolen or impacted by cyber attacks, and ransomware payments reached US$2 billion, double that in 2016. [6] In 2020, with the increase of remote work as an effect of the COVID-19 global pandemic, cybersecurity statistics reveal a huge increase in hacked and breached data. [ 7 ]
At least 12 people were killed in the first wave of attacks, [1] including civilians such as two health workers, [110] [29] [111] a 9-year-old girl and an 11-year-old boy. [112] [113] [114] The adult son of Ali Ammar, a Hezbollah member of Parliament was killed; [109] Prime Minister Najib Mikati visited southern Beirut to pay his respects. [27]
A cyberattack is any type of offensive maneuver employed by individuals or whole organizations that targets computer information systems, infrastructures, computer networks, and/or personal computer devices by various means of malicious acts usually originating from an anonymous source that either steals, alters, or destroys a specified target by hacking into a susceptible system.
Schmitt analysis is a legal framework developed in 1999 by Michael N. Schmitt, leading author of the Tallinn Manual, for deciding if a state's involvement in a cyber-attack constitutes a use of force. [1] Such a framework is important as part of international law's adaptation process to the growing threat of cyber-warfare.
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A man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack is a type of cyber attack. Cybercriminals can intercept data sent between people to steal, eavesdrop or modify data for certain malicious purposes, such as extorting money and identity theft. Public WiFi is often insecure because monitoring or intercepting Web traffic is unknown. [citation needed]
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