In that sense, “the better way to think of terrorism. However, there is consensus that terrorism is not just regular crime, but constitutes a special form of crime, characterized by its severity ( Teixeira, 2013). Many authors on this topic have pointed out the difficulties in forming a legal definition of terrorism, differentiating it from other types of crimes ( Fletcher, 2006 Guzmán Dalbora, 2017). Much has been written about the concept of terrorism, but without agreement on its meaning. As such, in order to better understand what cyberterrorism is, this article will begin by analyzing the concept of “terrorism” –including its structure, harm principle, and elements– as a broad category to which the species “cyberterrorism” belongs later, it will delimit the idea of cyberterrorism and distinguish it from others with which it has a certain similarity finally, it will raise some of the most important challenges that cyberterrorism implies in a global and technologically interconnected world. The concept of cyberterrorism usually refers to a range of very different actions, from the simple spread of propaganda online, to the alteration or destruction of information, and even to the planning and carrying out of terrorist attacks via the use of computer networks. Cyberspace is considered “a globally interconnected network of digital information and communications infrastructures” ( Melzer, 2011: 4), normally understood to mean the internet and, more broadly, computer networks ( Ambos, 2015 Yannakogeorgos, 2014).
On this basis, we can assume that cyberterrorism is a special type of terrorism, where the “place” or “medium” it is carried out in is cyberspace ( Conway, 2014 Denning, 2000). The term “cyberterrorism” is complex and combines two concepts: “cyber”, referring to cyberspace, and “terrorism”, whose meaning and scope will be analyzed later.
0 kommentar(er)
