2. WHAT’S HAPPENING?
We are in a technological age , the computers and
machines are became in one of our essential life part
, it helps us becoming the life a little easy helping in
some works, but not always the machines have a
good intentional management. Now this machines
are being used by terrorist and criminals who are
became it in a weapon, using it like a favorite tool to
attack their targets.
The internet has become in a war terrain between
countries troubles, as Taiwan against China, Israel
against Palestine, India against Pakistan, China
against US, and many others countries.
3. WHO ARE CYBER TERRORISM?
Since America point the most dangerous and principal
enemy from US is the group Al-Qaeda, according to a
confiscated computers in Afghanistan, this groups had
explored systems that control American energy facilities,
water distribution, communication systems, and other
critical infrastructure.
According a study done by US, Israel is the most active
country of cyber attacks related to the number of internet
user.
Also have many groups that attack their targets through the
computers, like, The Unity Security Guards (USG) a pro
Islamic , another group called Wold’s Fantabulas Defacer
(WFD) attacked many Indian sites . And also there is
another pro Pakistan group called Anti Indian Crew(AIC)
launched mane attacks against India.
4. WHY DO THEY USE THE CYBER
ATTACKS?
Cyber terrorist use this method to many
reasons, because is cheaper than traditional
methods, is very difficult be tracking, they
can hide their location, there aren´t physical
obstacles or check points to cross, they can
do it in any where in the world, they use this
method to attack many targets and they can
affect a large number of people.
5. THE DANGER OF CYBER
TERRORISM
Since wherever the cyber terrorists can explode
bombs causing bodily harms to innocent people, or
hacked web-based system that could, for a instance,
take a power grid offline and result in a blackout.
Using this method the terrorists can affect much
wider damage or kill someone. They can shut off the
power in a large area. Terrorists can destroy the
economy of one country attacking the critical
infrastructure in the big towns such as electric
powers and water supply .
Senator Jon Kyl, mentioned that the members of Al-
Qaeda have tried to target the electric powers grid ,
transportations system s and financial institutions.
