Cyberterrorism

Cyber Security & Terrorism

Cybercrime Vs Cyberterrorism

Cybercrime and Cyberterrorism may sound the same but they actually carry different meanings and actions being done through the internet.

Cyber Attack via Internet on the Infrastructure and Human Life

Attack on Infrastructure

Cyber Space has become a target for cyber-terrorism because the objective is not to disable some simple desktop computers and the network, but rather the nations resources are being attacked including not just national databases of information but also the critical infrastructures that those machines control. Cyber-terrorists attack institutions of governmental and federal agencies, because this is an easy “action-at-a-distance” method of attempting to destabilize any country.

Cyberterrorism-Why?

Cyber terrorism has been around since the late 1980’s, however the number of internet terrorism have only increased since the September 11

History

Cyber terrorism has been around since the late 1980’s, however the number of internet terrorism have only increased since the September 11

Definition

Cyber Terrorism involves two words which has their own meaning on its own.

Cyber is actually a prefix but it’s commonly presumed to be the internet or virtual reality.