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Essay on Cyber Terrorism
The growing ubiquity of computers and their associated networks is propelling the worked into the information age. Computers may revolutionize terrorism in the same manner that they have revolutionized everyday life.
Terrorism in the information age will consist of conventional terrorism, in which classic weapons (explosives, guns, etc.) will be used to destroy property and kill victims in the physical world; techno terrorism, in which classic weapons will be used to destroy infrastructure targets and cause a disruption in cyberspace; and cyber terrorism, where new weapons (malicious software, electromagnetic and microwave weapons) will operate to destroy data in cyberspace to cause a disruption in the physical world.
The advent of cyber terrorism may force a shift in the definition of terrorism to include both disruption and violence in cyberspace in the same manner as physical destruction and violence. Through the use of new technology, terrorist groups may have fewer members, yet still have a global reach, The increasing power of computers may lower the threshold of state sponsorship to a point where poor states can become sponsors and rich states are no longer necessary for terrorist groups to carry out complex attacks.
INFORMATION AGE TERRORISM
Terrorism will change in the 21st century. Information warfare, the current "hot topic" for the military, along with Command and Control Warfare (C2W) are two concepts that some argue will create or accelerate a "Revolution in Military Affairs." These ideas also suggest the possibility of a "Revolution in Terrorism Affairs." Information age terrorism may take on three distinct forms: conventional terrorism, techno terrorism, and cyber terrorism.
While conventional terrorism will still rely on physical violence, terrorists acquisition of high technology information warfare capabilities will allow a shift toward tactics focused on disruption rather than destruction. Information age terrorism, while continuing to use "conventional" weapons, will also employ weapons radically different from those used in conventional terrorism....
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