The Pros And Cons Of Cyber Warfare

“People ask me all the time, 'What keeps you up at night?' And I say, 'Spicy Mexican food, weapons of mass destruction, and cyber-attacks.” - Dutch Ruppersberger. In other words cyber-attacks and war fare has the potential to have the save destruction as WMDs. We need to pay attention towards cyber warfare because it is the way of the future. Fight has gone from bow and arrows to drone airplanes and now cyberspace. Cyber warfare is simple and inexpensive; all a terrorist needs is a computer and a connection. That is why terrorists are leaning towards cyber-attacks. Cyber terrorism has a huge impact on many lives across the globe. In order to end cyber warfare countries must find why they are being attacked and how they are being attacked. The primary reason for cyber warfare is the lack of sophisticated army encrypted security on public and
This lack of security doesn’t only affect the business but also the innocent people that entrusted the business with their private information. This cannot be entirely blamed on enterprises alone but on the internet as a whole it so easy to access nearly from anywhere all you need is a computer and a connection and it is hard to trace down good hackers.
Cyber terrorism is terrorist activities intended to damage or disrupt vital computer systems (Merriam-Webster). Cyber Terrorism is a form of fear and is very similar to physical terrorism, except terrorist use computers to wreak havoc on innocent people. An example of cyber terrorism would be putting a virus on business computers which allows them to hack into their databases stealing or changing information. They could also steal money from the business. Terrorist groups also use cyber warfare for modern communications like planning, recruiting, propaganda purposes, enhancing communications, command and control, fund raising and funds transfer, and information gathering. The