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Cyberterrorism: A Real National Safety Threat


Vladimir Golubev
Date: August 22, 2003

Cyber Crime The world has entered a new millenium with a number of the negative phenomena, having taken steady growth of criminality and terrorism. Speaking about integration and globalization of world processes, it is necessary to recognize that criminal is especially successful. Criminality breaks the frontiers, gets transnational and organised nature. Terror crimes, alongside with traditional crimes, have got new quality. New kinds of terrorism - information and computer (cyber) terrorism have appeared. Terrorist groupings have mastered cyberspace, using practically boundless opportunities of mass media.

With the help of the Internet, the terrorists can destroy an infrastructure of corporate, regional or national computer network by means of a conclusion out of operation control systems or subsystems. They can get the non-authorized access to the confidential information^; propagandize extremist ideas justifying terrorist activity by «strike for freedom and independence». Cyberterrorism is one of the most dangerous kinds of terrorism now, and the consequences can be really catastrophic.

Computer Crime Research Center


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