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Internet Terrorism

Internet Terrorism

Terror on the Internet Oct 01, 2004, Government Security, By Jacqueline Emigh What's the real relationship between terrorism and the Internet? Are terrorists actually planting computer viruses, damaging corporate Web sites, and hunting around online ...
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Terror on the Internet
Oct 01, 2004, Government Security, By Jacqueline Emigh
What’s the real relationship between terrorism and the Internet? Are terrorists actually planting computer viruses, damaging corporate Web sites, and hunting around online for top-secret government information? Nobody can tell for sure.

Terror on the Internet
Oct 01, 2004, Government Security, By Jacqueline Emigh
What’s the real relationship between terrorism and the Internet? Are terrorists actually planting computer viruses, damaging corporate Web sites, and hunting around online for top-secret government information? Nobody can tell for sure.

Bookshelf
Apr 01, 2006, Government Security, By Gabriel Weimann
Terror on the Internet: The New Arena, the New Challenges reveals that terrorist organizations and their supporters are using the Internet to target diverse audiences.

CYBER-Threats From Abroad
Aug 01, 2004, Government Security, By JACQUELINE EMIGH
The United States originator of the Internet still ranks among the most computerized nations on Earth. These days, however, most cyber-attacks against U.S. government agencies and citizens come from elsewhere on the planet, experts say.

How Can We Protect Our Critical Infrastructure From Cyber-Attack?
May 01, 2003, Government Security, By PAUL ROTHMAN
Computer networks everywhere were under attack. The Sapphire (or Slammer) Worm was spreading throughout the Internet like wildfire, doubling in size every 8.5 seconds. It infected more than 90 percent of vulnerable hosts within 10 minutes. The worm shut down Web sites all over the world.

TEARING DOWN THE STOVEPIPES
May 01, 2005, Government Security, BY NEIL KURLANDER
In order to secure local communities and the nation, the public’s protectors must be able to collect, organize, evaluate and disseminate information effectively. It is through this process that information becomes intelligence. Intelligence information that has meaning and relevance is the first line of defense to identify and defeat threats.

The Power of Fusion | National Security Agency (NSA)
Mar 01, 2008, Government Security, By Michael Fickes
More than a year before 9/11, intelligence collected by the National Security Agency (NSA) could have identified one of the hijackers, but NSA didn’t distribute that intelligence, and no one knew to ask for it. In the years since 9/11, other failures to connect key facts available prior to the attack have surfaced.

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