KONPYŪTA NO KŌGEKI(ATTACK OF THE

COMPUTER)

CYBER TERRORISM

CYBER TERRORISM Massive computer

network run various things around us such as lights, signals, financial systems etc. These things are essential in our day to day life.

Cyber terrorism can be defines as an assault on electronic communication networks”. To be more specific, these networks are those that have direct impact on our daily lives.

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Cyber terrorism is sometimes referred to as electronic terrorism or information war. Computer networks and information technology infrastructures are fragile and easily brought crashing down.

WIKIPEDIA The premeditated use of disruptive activities, or

the threat thereof, against computers and/or networks, with the intention to cause harm or

further social, ideological, religious, political or similar objectives. Or to intimidate a person in

furtherance of such objectives.

DEPICTION

EFFECTS OF CYBER TERRORISM

Lets explain the effects of cyber terrorism with example of a movie:

Live free or Die Hard: Bruce Willis

CONT… As seen in the movie the cyber terrorist use the

computer to: Shut down the power grid causing a blackoutAccess all the emergency services such as police,

ambulance and militaryControl gateways and toll roads causing accidentsAccessing all the cctv cameras and security to keep

an eye on people and finding the targetsAccess to crucial information which could send the

entire country back to stone ageAnd to top it off the entire mayhem was done by

just using computers and hackers

HISTORICAL ATTACKS1997:

Chaos Computer Club creates ActiveX Controls that trick Quicken into removing money from a user's account and transferring it someplace else.

1998:Ethnic Tamil guerrillas swamped Sri Lankan embassies with over 800 e-mails a day for more than two weeks. Some say this was the first known attack by terrorists against a country's IT infrastructure.

1999: NATO computers are blasted with e-mail bombs and hit with denial-of-service attacks by hacktivists protesting the bombings in Kosovo.

1999: Assassins hack into a hospital computer to change the medication of a patient so that he would be given a lethal injection. He was dead within a few hours

COUNTERING CYBER TERRORISM

Because of this need the International Multilateral Partnership Against Cyber Threats (IMPACT) was formed.

IMPACT is the first global public-private initiative against cyber-terrorism.

IMPACT is dedicated to bringing together governments, industry leaders and Cyber Security experts to enhance the global community’s capacity to prevent, defend and respond to Cyber Threats.

IMPACT’s global HQ facility is located in Cyberjaya, Malaysia

CONCLUSION

It is impossible to ignore the fact of how extreme Cyber Terrorism can and will be in the future to come.

Cyber Terrorism may be more preventable then actual physical attacks on cities, civilians and other countries

Made and presented by

Suyash Shanker

ARIGATO GOZAIMASTA(Thank You Very Much)