Cyberterrorism?

Gordon, Sarah; Ford, R.

doi:10.1016/s0167-4048(02)01116-1

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“…76 The International Red Cross/ Red Crescent released a study that includes a chapter on how to manage sensitive data online. 77 The paper warns aid workers of the potential consequences of posting sensitive information (e.g., pictures of people in crisis areas, Tweets disclosing locations of refugees, etc.) lest they are used to harm at-risk groups.…”

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“…in order to complete his mission, whatever that may be." 77 In removing the computer-as-target condition of cyberterrorism from their definitions, these authors equate terrorists' use of information technology with cyberterrorism. 78 Terrorists use information technology for all sorts of reasons-some of them directly related to their attacks, some not.…”

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“…American and allied military conduct in the last few decades produced an object lesson in showing how active information operations can impact the mass consciousness of societies and governments, and ultimately their military control allowed the United States and its allies to secure their military-strategic goals. 77 Finally, the United States may go beyond IW to new climactic weapons. They cite the U.S. High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) in particular, as possessing the capability to manipulate the weather and cause natural disasters, earthquakes, tsunamis, floods, tornadoes, droughts, etc.…”

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“…On November 30, FireEye informed Target's security specialists of the problem and on December 2, alerted Target that the criminals had installed a second variant of the malware. 77 Target failed to respond to both alerts. 78 It was not until two days after the Department of Justice alert that Target hired a third-party network forensics team to investigate and remove the malware, thereby ending the attackers' ability to collect consumer data .…”

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Cyberspace: Malevolent Actors, Criminal Opportunities, and Strategic Competition

Williams¹,

Fiddner²

2016

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Cyberspace: Malevolent Actors, Criminal Opportunities, and Strategic Competition

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2016

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“…The term 'cyberterrorism' was first coined by Barry Collin in the 1980s (Brickey 2012), and has become a 'buzzword' not just in terrorism studies and cyber-security circles, but also -recognising cyberterror's prowess for eye-catching copy -within the media (Weimann 2005, 131;Gordon and Ford 2002;Jones 2005, 7). This media-friendly characteristic has perhaps encouraged a propensity to conflate cyberterrorism with hacking and cyberattacks more broadly (Taliharm 2010, 62-63), which has applied weight to the need for common conceptual understanding.…”

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Terror from behind the keyboard: conceptualising faceless detractors and guarantors of security in cyberspace

Mott

2016

Critical Studies on Terrorism

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By reflecting on active public-domain government documents and statements, this article seeks to develop securitisation theory's articulation of the dichotomy between legitimate and illegitimate violence as it is reflected in British government policy. This dichotomy has (re)developed through a process wherein GCHQ and MI5 are portrayed as 'faceless guarantors' of security, in Manichean juxtaposition to the discursivelycreated phantom cyberterrorists, who are presented as 'faceless detractors' of security. It has previously been stated that the terrorism discourse associated with the present 'War on Terror' is attributed, in part, to mechanics of fantasy. I argue that, within the securitised discourse of cyberterrorism, the limits of fantasy possesses a murky nuance, which in turn, allows for a deeper -or at least more entrenched -securitisation. The official discourse surrounding the intelligence services' online surveillance apparatus operates with a similar opaque quality, but this is upheld by securitising actors as a strength to be maintained. Keywords: cyberterrorism, securitisation theory IntroductionThe term 'cyberterrorism' was first coined by Barry Collin in the 1980s (Brickey 2012), and has become a 'buzzword' not just in terrorism studies and cyber-security circles, but also -recognising cyberterror's prowess for eye-catching copy -within the media (Weimann 2005, 131;Gordon and Ford 2002; Jones 2005, 7). This media-friendly characteristic has perhaps encouraged a propensity to conflate cyberterrorism with hacking and cyberattacks more broadly (Taliharm 2010, 62-63), which has applied weight to the need for common conceptual understanding. Denning's testimony before the United States Congress' House Armed Services Committee offers one definition of the term. Accordingly, she stated that:"Cyberterrorism is the convergence of cyberspace and terrorism. It refers to unlawful attacks and threats of attacks against computers, networks and the information stored therein when done to intimidate or coerce a government or its people in furtherance of political or social objectives". Crucially, "to qualify as cyberterrorism, an attack should result in violence against persons or property, or at least cause enough harm to generate fear" (Denning 2000).Hua and Bapna offer a similar definition, stressing the role of 'significance' in the scale of the attack, and the inducement of physical violence or the creation of panic (2012, 176). A clause for cyberterrorism appears in British law in the 2000 Terrorism Act, under which Section (2)(e) detailed attacks "designed seriously to interfere with or seriously to disrupt an electronic system" (National Archives 2000, 1); a clause that, Clive Walker contends, distinguished the dichotomy between 'costly nuisances' and bona fide 'cyberterrorism ' (2006, 632).Given the dearth of a cyberterrorist attack up to the point of writing, cyberterrorism can be considered to be a phenomenon that has been talked into existence (Conway 2005). Regardless, in the UK, cyberterrorism is arg...

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Cyberterrorism targeting the general public through social media

Ayres

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2016

Security Comm Networks

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Current literature suggests that critical national infrastructure is the main focus of attack for cyberterrorism, but this research will address the issue of whether a mimetic virus would be a viable cyberterrorist attack against a target population. Statistical data was obtained from questionnaires with 100 random participants regarding their understanding and current levels of fear of a cyberterrorist attack against them; responses indicated that there was a good level of understanding as to what cyberterrorism was and that participants' fear levels of an impending attack were low. The participants were then introduced using a fabricated video clip to what they were led to believe was a real weaponised computer virus that attacked laptop batteries causing them to explode. The data showed that not only had participants' fear levels increased but also would modify future habits and behaviour. This research highlighted that the general public could indeed be a target of cyberterrorism, and a mimetic virus could be an effective method of attack. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Cyberterrorism?

Cited by 50 publications

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Cyberspace: Malevolent Actors, Criminal Opportunities, and Strategic Competition

Cyberspace: Malevolent Actors, Criminal Opportunities, and Strategic Competition

Terror from behind the keyboard: conceptualising faceless detractors and guarantors of security in cyberspace

Cyberterrorism targeting the general public through social media

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