Cyber Terrorism Real?

Is the Cyber Terrorism Real?

Many articles and studies underline the problems that have arisen due to cyber terrorism. 

The FBI defines cyber terrorism as a “premeditated, politically motivated attack against information, computer systems, computer programs and data which results in violence against non-combatant targets by subnational groups or clandestine agents.”

If the FBI considers cyber terrorism as a violent crime, then is it a crime if no one is physical harmed.  Most cyber-attacks are nonviolent.  However they are detrimental to an economy or society.

This does not mean that there are no acts of violence being committed by cyber-attacks.  Terrorists organizations try to break down national infrastructures with the intent of harming national citizens or overall governments.

However, by the FBI’s take on cyber terrorism, terrorists organization’s malicious  attempts still wouldn’t fit the FBI’s standards of cyber terrorism.

Where is the line drawn between regular cyber-attacks and cyber-terrorism?

Do you believe Cyber-Terrorism even exists?

 

Work Cited

Singer, Peter W. "The Cyber Terror Bogeyman." The Brookings Institution. Brookings,

Nov. 2012. Web. 08 Nov. 2013.

Cyber Terrorism Affects with Economic Espionage and Intellectual Property

Cyber Terrorism Affects with Economic Espionage and Intellectual Property

The Chinese government is known for engaging in economic espionage in cyberspace. The Chinese are the world’s most active and persistent practitioners of cyber espionage today. Evidence of China’s economically disturbing theft of registered technologies as well as other intellectual property from the United States and other countries. Cyber terrorists from any nation have the ability to cripple our national infrastructures. Over the past few years, our government has revealed that the threat of economic cyber espionage appears even more of a threat than previously discovered. The cyber espionage and theft among companies’ intellectual work has increased in the U.S. economy and globally over the past decade. Evidence shows us that China plans to help build its own economy by the theft of intellectual property. That is easier than creating innovation and investment standards within its research and development fields (Top two fields within US economy). The Chinese steal innovations and intellectual property due to it being less costly and more effective then attaining them by legal courses of action. The Chinese turn the stolen ideas straight into production. This makes them able to create products much quicker and cheaper than other countries’ companies. Cyberspace is a perfect platform for stealing intellectual resources. Hackers can easily breach systems that transfer large amounts of data, while corporations and governments have a very hard time identifying specific criminals.  The cyber threat is very real and detrimental to our nation. 

Do you think the government should step in with more laws to protect intellectual property, or should that be left up to the individual companies?

Works Cited

Chertoff, Michael, William Lynn, and Mike McConnell. "China’s Cyber Thievery Is National Policy—And Must Be Challenged." The Wall Street Journal (2012): n. pag. Web. <http://www.boozallen.com/media/file/WSJ-China-OpEd.pdf>.