Cyberterrorism and Cybercrime

Cybersecurity in Poland

The purpose of this chapter is to synthetically characterize the phenomenon of cybercrime, cyberterrorism and cyberwar. It presents attempts to define computer crimes and their classification, history of criminalization of this phenomenon together with related difficulties. The author consistently distinguishes cybercrime from cyberterrorism and cyberwar.

2019

The present era is witnessing a merge of the physic al and the cyber world. Previously, malicious opera tions of the cyber domain were confined to hacking and phishing operat ions. These were mainly associated with information stealing for monetary benefits but did not threaten innocent liv es. Thus, there existed only cybercrimes but not cy ber terrorism. However, with the involvement of technology in the day-to-day activities of common individuals, the na ture of cyber crimes has changed. Technology malfunction can not o ly cause distress to common individuals but also can create mass terror and even lead to consequences, which may be catastrophic in nature. Thus, threats to physical e ntiti s is not only confined to the physical realm, but is also affecte d by malicious operations of the virtual domain. Th ese led to the coining of the term “Cyber-Terrorism” in the late 1990s by Barry C. Colin [1].

Cyberterrorism is a growing global concern. Since computers control the majority of the developed world’s infrastructure, it is easily penetrated by dedicated hackers. Cyber-attacks can create enormous damage at very little cost to terrorists. Cyberterrorism concerns activity that utilizes electronic communication networks to further unlawful and violent ends.

법학논총, 2012

2018

Cyberwarfare encompasses the actions by any international organization to attack and try to cause damage to another nation's infrastructure, computers or information systems through computer viruses or denial-of-service (DOS) attacks. Cyberwarfare is also known as the use or affecting in a battlespace or warfare in the background of computers, online control systems (IoTs), and networks. It comprises both aggressive and distrustful operations relating to the danger of cyberattacks, espionage, and collateral/ other damage. There are controversy and argument over whether such operations can be termed as a "war". Transnational cyber-security is an increasingly persistent issue for leading national world powers. Existing professionals are not well-resourced to deal with the continuous change in the cybersecurity field, due to an absence of detailed knowledge in the field. The United States is not only just a gigantic target for these cyber-attacks but also a leading offender. Regardless of several cyberattacks also, the nation is failed to take the appropriate measures to defend against the modern age crime-cyberwarfare.