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Terrorism Definitions History Incidents   Anarchist Nationalist Communist Conservative Left-wing Right-wing Saffron terror Militia movement Resistance movement Religious Christian Islamic Jewish Single-issue Eco-terrorism Anti-abortion Ethnic Narcoterrorism Agro-terrorism Aircraft hijacking list Animal-borne bomb attacks Bioterrorism Car bombing list Cyberterrorism Dirty bomb Dry run Explosive Hostage-taking Improvised explosive device Individual terror Insurgency Kidnapping Letter bomb Nuclear Paper terrorism Piracy Propaganda of the deed Proxy bomb School shooting Suicide attack list Rockets and mortars Designated terrorist organizations Charities accused of ties to terrorism State-sponsored terrorism By state Iran Pakistan Russia Saudi Arabia Sri Lanka United States Financing Fronting Training camp Lone wolf Clandestine cell system Leaderless resistance Counter-terrorism International conventions Anti-terrorism legislation Terrorism insurance v t e Cyberterrorism is the use of Internet based attacks in terrorist activities, including acts of deliberate, large-scale disruption of computer networks, especially of personal computers attached to the Internet, by the means of tools such as computer viruses.Cyberterrorism is a controversial term. Some authors choose a very narrow definition, relating to deployments, by known terrorist organizations, of disruption attacks against information systems for the primary purpose of creating alarm and panic. By this narrow definition, it is difficult to identify any instances of cyberterrorism.Cyberterrorism can be also defined as the intentional use of computer, networks, and public internet to cause destruction and harm for personal objectives. Objectives may be political or ideological since this is a form of terrorism.There is much concern from government and media sources about potential damages that could be caused by cyberterrorism, and this has prompted official responses from government agencies.Several minor incidents of cyberterrorism have been documented. Cite error: There are tags on this page, but the references will not show without a {{reflist}} template (see the help page).
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