MANIFESTATIONS OF CONTEMPORARY TERRORISM: CYBERTERRORISM
MANIFESTATIONS OF CONTEMPORARY TERRORISM: CYBERTERRORISM

Summary/Abstract: THE ANALYSIS FOCUSES ON ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THREATS TO WORLD SECURITY AND A NEW AND EMERGENT FORM OF TERRORISM THAT USES ADVANCED COMPUTINGTECHNOLOGIES IN ORDER TO DISRUPT CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURES. FIRST OF ALL, THISPAPERACKNOWLEDGES THE IMPORTANCE OF TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENT AS BOTH FOR THESECURITY AND FOR TERRORIST MEANS. AND SECONDLY, IT DISTINGUISHES BETWEEN WHAT CAN BECONSIDER A CYERTERORIST ATACK FROM A THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVE ANALYZING THE BASICELEMENTS AND DISTRIBUTION OF CYBERTERORIST CAPACITIES. THIS RESEARCH ALSO PRESENTS THEPOTENTIAL OF IMMINENT AND ONGOING ATTACKS AND HOW THIS TYPE OF TERRORISM COULD PROFTO BE MORE DISASTROUS AS ANY OTHER KIND. IN THE END OF THIS ANALYSIS WE WILL PROVIDEEVIDENCE OF SUCH ATTACKS AND WE DISCUSS SCENARIOS THAT ARE LIKELY TO HAPPEN IN THE NEXTDECADE AND THAT COULD AFFECT THE UNITED STATES THROUGH TEMPERING WITH THE POWERGRID.

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