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Homeland Security and Terrorism

Second Edition

Chapter 10

Cybercrime and Terrorism

Learning Objectives

1. Identify the methods of attacking cyber infrastructure.

2. Distinguish between cyber crime and cyber terrorism.

3. Discuss the various sectors within America that are vulnerable to cyber attacks.

4. Identify the types of information that terrorist groups post on their Internet home pages.

5. Examine how terrorists use the Internet.

6. Describe the federal cyber counterintelligence agencies and their operations I chnaged the Verb to a berb that is measurable.

Methods of Attacking Cyber Infrastructure

Physical or Conventional Attack

Electronic Attack or Electromagnetic Pulse

Malicious Code

Distinguishing Hacking, Cyber Crime, Cyber Terrorism, and Cyber Warfare

Hacking

Cybercrime

Cyber Terrorism

Cyber Warfare

Hacking

Persons Who Deliberately Gain (or Attempt to Gain) Unauthorized Access to Computer Systems

Three Categories of Hackers

Nation States

Criminals looking for financial gain

Terrorists, Anarchists Gaining Access to Disrupt

Cyber Crime

Attacks on financial institutions, businesses, and industries, including military installations

Cyber stalking

Obscenity, including child pornography

Child molestation (obtaining contacts)

Sex tourism, in which pedophiles seek underage victims

Distribution of digital hate

Communications among criminal and terrorist groups

Gathering of intelligence information on potential targets

Identity theft

Money laundering

Cyber Warfare

Gain economic or military intelligence

Test another country’s defenses

Cripple another country’s weapons systems

Cripple another country’s military communications systems

Cause economic chaos

Military posturing or political bargaining

Cyber Terrorism

The Use of Computer Network Tools to Harm or Shut Down Critical National Infrastructures

Many Avenues for Disruption and Numerous Targets

Physical Attacks on Communications Infrastructure

Stealing Information or Disabling With Viruses and Worms

Nation is Not Prepared to Constitute the Internet After a Massive Disruption

Nation is Not Prepared to Enact a Coordinated, Comprehensive Response to a Significant Breach in the Internet

Breach Could Have Significant Long-Lasting, Detrimental Effects on Our Economy, Defense, and Society in General

Significant Cyber Gaps

Lack of Formal Trip Wires to Indicate an Attack is Underway

Lack of Accountability and Clarity on Which Institutions Provide Reconstitution

Lack of Resources For Institutions to Reconstitute the Internet Infrastructure Should a Breach Occur

Deterring Cyber Intrusions and Attacks

Remove Cyber Anonymity

Mandate That Institutions Use and Constantly Update Security Software

Minimize the Amount of Time That Computers are Online

Periodically Check Computers For Worms and Other Malicious Code

Centralize Reporting of Computer Breaches and Intrusions

Need Better Mechanisms For Reporting Hacking

Reasons Why Terrorists Use the Internet

Easy Access

Little or No Regulation, Censorship or Other Government Control

Potentially Large Audiences Spread Throughout the World

Anonymity of Communication

Fast Flow of Information

Inexpensive Development and Maintenance of a Web Presence

Multimedia Environment

The Ability to Shape Coverage in the Traditional Mass Media

How Terrorists Use the Internet

Psychological Warfare

Publicity and Propaganda

Data Mining

Fund-Raising

Recruitment and Mobilization

Networking

Sharing Information

Planning and Coordination

Agencies Charges With Combating Cyber Terrorism

FBI’s Cyber Crime Division

Department of Homeland Securities’ National Cyber Security Division

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