
Cyberterrorism: fear factor
Date: July 20, 2004Source: The Age
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His scam wasn't discovered until April 2000. Using a stolen computer and radio transmitter, Boden had set his car up as a remote command centre for sewage treatment along the Sunshine Coast.
Maroochydore District Court found Boden guilty of 30 charges of computer hacking causing serious environmental harm.
Though Boden may have had an individual agenda, his activities - theoretically - could just as easily have been carried out by operatives backed by a terrorist organisation.
As the rate of cyber attacks continues to rise, the once fanciful notion of cyber terrorism is looming larger than ever.
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