Cyberterrorism

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The use of computers by "terrorists" to cause disruption. This is an arena in which the determination of responsibility is particularly difficult, and therefore false flag attacks are that much more easy.

Not to be confused with Cyberwarfare, which is a behaviour of groups such as nation states.

For the threatening of supply chains and disaster planning, see Cyber attack.

Cyberterrorism, like "terrorism", is a rather loosely defined term which has been criticised by authoritative computer security specialists. It is generally invoked by the commercially-controlled media, often rather implausibly, to suggest that unless governments have strict control over the internet, bad things will happen. The intelligence agencies of US and Israel are generally reckoned to have the greatest expertise in this area. Attribution of such attacks is notoriously difficult and predicted to get even harder, meaning False Flags are increasingly difficult to detect.

"Disaster"

Full article: Cyberterrorism/Preparation

A report published last year by the WEF-Carnegie Cyber Policy Initiative calls for the merging of Wall Street banks, their regulators and intelligence agencies as necessary to confront an allegedly imminent cyber attack that will collapse the existing financial system.

In November 2020, the World Economic Forum (WEF) and Carnegie Endowment for International Peace co-produced a report that warned that the global financial system was increasingly vulnerable to cyber attacks. Advisors to the group that produced the report included representatives from the Federal Reserve, the Bank of England, the International Monetary Fund, Wall Street giants likes JP Morgan Chase and Silicon Valley behemoths like Amazon.

The ominous report was published just months after the World Economic Forum had conducted a simulation of that very event – a cyber attack that brings the global financial system to its knees – in partnership with Russia’s largest bank, which is due to jumpstart that country’s economic “digital transformation” with the launch of its own central bank-backed digital currency.

Internet use

The internet, and especially the World Wide Web, has been unprecedentedly successful at allowing free exchange of information. As such, it is seen as a threat by those who have dark secrets to keep. Particularly after the Snowden Affair, the NSA is recognised as possessing the world's most technologically advanced mass surveillance capabilities.

In 2016, the US Department of Homeland Security requested $1 million to develop a public-service campaign designed to increase awareness of online threats. The new initiative will be modeled on the “If You See Something, Say Something” effort rolled out after the Sept. 11 attacks and “will look to raise public and private sector awareness of cybersecurity and to emphasize the importance of cyber awareness and information safekeeping.”

By "Terrorists"

Increasingly, the threat of internet use by "terrorists" is mooted as justification for internet censorship. In 2014, the head of counter-terrorism at Scotland Yard, Assistant Commissioner, Mark Rowley stated "There are some different dynamics today, where we have an increasing number of people who weren't previously on the "terrorism" radar being attracted by an ideology they see on social media". He also claimed that counter-terrorism officers were removing more than 1000 online postings a week. After the November 2015 Paris attacks a proposal was made (and rejected) to ban public WiFi networks.

By Intelligence agencies

Although precise information is lacking, intelligence agencies appear to be the most skilled creators of malware, notably the NSA and the Mossad. The USA has been reported as creating Stuxnet of such complexity, combining so many different techniques, that it was immediately suspected to have been government sponsored. Since Stuxnet (2010), related malware has been detected including Duqu (2011) and Regin (November 2014).

JTRIG uses computer viruses to make people's computers unusable, including encrypting of deleting files or emails. According to documents released to NBC News by Edward Snowden, JTRIG's role is to "deny, disrupt, degrade and deceive". As well a spreading of viruses, this also includes use of DDOS attacks on chatrooms.

(D)DOS Attacks

Full article: Denial-of-service attack‎

Various DDOS attacks have been launched against the internet's 13 root name servers (on 30 November 2015, 6 February 2007, and 21 October 2002). Their scale and duration (the 30 November 2015 attack lasted 48 hours) prompted the suggestion that "only a government could have this much clout."

Promotion of fear

Fear of cyberterrorism is stoked by films as the 2013 "docu-drama" American Blackout, which IMDB introduces with the hyperbole that "Hacking into urban infrastructures isn't science fiction anymore - it's in the news every day." The film is a work of fiction; its only claim of 'documentaryhood' would appear to occasional real quotes, such as one by Richard Andres with which it begins:{{#subobject: |Has superobject=Cyberterrorism |Has objectClass=Quotation |Has author=Richard Andres|+sep=, |Has text=“A massive and well-coordinated cyber attack on the electric grid could devastate the economy and cause a large-scale loss of life.” |Is about=Cyberterrorism,Cyberterrorism|+sep=, |Has wikipediaPage= |Has location=|+sep=, |Has publicationDate= |Sourced from=American Blackout |Has sourceDetails= |Has sourceTitle= |Has sourceName=American Blackout |Has sourceURL=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uObV-AJDb98

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“A massive and well-coordinated cyber attack on the electric grid could devastate the economy and cause a large-scale loss of life.”
Richard Andres

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The Deep State Politician Klaus Schwab predicts the next Cyber Attack will be more devastating than Covid )

Geographic location

In September 2014 Bloomberg reported on a honeypot that two researchers established to investigate the sources of cyberterrorism. They reported that most cyberattacks on it were from US, followed by China, Russia and Netherlands in that order.

Cold War 2.0

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Dramatic claims about potential risks of "cyberattacks" are a part of the larger campaign to promote Russophobia. {{#subobject: |Has superobject=Cyberterrorism |Has objectClass=Quotation |Has author=David D. Kirkpatrick, Ron Nixon|+sep=, |Has text=“The United States and Britain on Monday issued a first-of-its-kind joint warning about Russian cyberattacks against government and private organizations as well as individual homes and offices in both countries, a milestone in the escalating use of cyberweaponry between major powers.” |Is about=Cyberterrorism,cyberterrorism|+sep=, |Has wikipediaPage= |Has location=|+sep=, |Has publicationDate=16 April 2018 |Sourced from=New York Times |Has sourceDetails= |Has sourceTitle= |Has sourceName=New York Times |Has sourceURL=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/16/world/europe/us-uk-russia-cybersecurity-threat.html

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“The United States and Britain on Monday issued a first-of-its-kind joint warning about Russian cyberattacks against government and private organizations as well as individual homes and offices in both countries, a milestone in the escalating use of cyberweaponry between major powers.”
David D. Kirkpatrick, Ron Nixon (16 April 2018) 

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