Monday, November 18, 2013

Prosecution?

An interesting thought popped into my head today as I sat back and thought about the various cyberterrorist attacks that have taken place over the last few years. Do you think the FBI should attempt to track down anonymous cyberterrorist groups and put a few of the members in jail? Most of these groups act anonymously and lure in hundreds of random citizens to help execute these events, but there has to be a few select leaders in these groups. Are there even specific laws these people are breaking? Do we need to evaluate the laws regarding this topic and potentially pass new ones?

If the FBI tracked down the top dogs of some of these groups, surely it would hinder their ability to pull of future attacks, and also scare others enough to keep them from joining in on these attacks as helpers. Some people may not even feel most of the cyber attacks are worthy of prosecution, that these groups are just using technology as a way of protesting or getting their message out into the world effectively. Where does it cross the line though, that after an attack is executed, somebody needs to go to jail. Should it be if it causes stress to others? Harm to others? Financial loss for others?


I say we need to locate a few of these groups and try to put them away!

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