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Cyberterrorism is the use of the Internet to conduct violent acts that result in, or threaten, the loss of life or significant bodily harm, in order to achieve political or ideological gains through threat or intimidation.
Combating cyber terrorism and cyber crime requires understanding how cyber terrorists act, what motivates them, and how to prevent their attacks. This guide looks at the evolution of cyber terrorism, highlights examples of cyber terrorism and cyberattacks, and offers tips for thwarting cyberattacks. Back To Top.
Learn about cyberterrorism, defined as premeditated attacks against information systems, programs, and data that threaten violence or result in violence.
The Cybersecurity and New Technologies programme aims to enhance capacities of Member States and private organizations in preventing cyber-attacks carried out by terrorist actors against...
We face cyber threats from state-sponsored hackers, hackers for hire, global cyber syndicates, and terrorists. They seek our state secrets, our trade secrets, our technology, and our ideas—...
The skills, tools, and techniques are the same, but information warfare is conducted between military combatants; cyber terrorism targets civilians. Cyber terrorists indiscriminately will...
Malicious cyber activity threatens the public’s safety and our national and economic security. The FBI’s cyber strategy is to impose risk and consequences on cyber adversaries.
This timeline records significant cyber incidents since 2006, focusing on cyber attacks on government agencies, defense and high tech companies, or economic crimes with losses of more than a million dollars.
Cyber terrorism in this violent sense has never occurred – there is no evidence of terrorists resorting to computers to kill or destructively disrupt societies and most scholars think it is unlikely they will do so any time soon.
Cyberterrorism is, to be sure, an attractive option for modern terrorists, who value its anonymity, its potential to inflict massive damage, its psychological impact, and its media appeal. Cyberfears have, however, been exaggerated.