Cyber Attacks

Cyber terrorism is the premeditated use of disruptive activities, or the threat thereof, against computers and/or networks, with the intention to cause harm or further social, ideological, religious, political or similar objectives, or to intimidate any person in furtherance of such objectives.

Despite significant investment in technology and infrastructure, cyber terrorism represents one of the greatest challenges in combating terrorism. Every day the Internet and coutless other computer systems are under attack.The intention of a cyber terrorism attack could range from economic disruption through the interruption of financial networks and systems or used in support of a physical attack to cause futher confusion and possible delays in proper response.

The article I choose is " The Cyber Attack of Russia on Geogia "

This article throws light on how cyber attacks have caused billions of dollars in damage and affected the lives of millions.This helps analyze that cyber attacks will likely become an increasingly common element of future warfare.This emphasizes on how these cyber attacks can lead to Loss of sales during disruption, Loss of intellectual property, Costs of forensics for recovery and litigation, Loss of critical communications in time of emergency and Loss of confidence and credibility in our financial systems.

The type of attack used was Denial of Service attack. In the Attack Taxonomy this article comes under the DoS/DDos Attacks.

Link to the full article

http://www.technewsworld.com/story/64494.html?wlc=1234550876