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Cyber Terrorism
According to NATO (2008), cyberterrorism is a cyber attack using or exploiting computer or
communication networks to cause sufficient destruction to generate fear or intimidate a
society into an ideological goal1.Cyber terrorism is an act of intimidating or coercing the
government or its people to further their political or religious objectives. It is an illicit threat
of attacks against the computers or computer networks and the information stored in them.
The impact of cyber terrorism involves violence against the persons or property and cause
enough harm to generate fear among the citizens. Further, the attacks of cyber terrorism leads
to death or bodily injury, explosions, or severe economic loss. In the contemporary time it has
become very relaxed for the terrorists for gratifying their purpose as the advanced cyber
world is somehow acting as an aid for the development of their purpose. The terrorist
organisations have started recruiting computer experts and hackers to remove the
technological constraints of the cyber world. These experts provide the terrorists with the
confidential information, blueprints, maps, important statistics which eventually acts as a
great assistance to surmount their intentions.
Apart from the attacks, the cyber world has also provided a great support in preventing and
monitoring these attacks. The internet also provides certain information to the government
which helps them in decoding many terrorist communications. A lot many of the terrorist
attacks are decoded much before date of their execution due to the advanced technological
development in the cyber world. Despite all the pros and cons the online world has more
harm than good regarding cyber terrorism.