A computer hacker who allegedly helped the terrorist organization ISIS by handing over data for 1,351 US government and military personnel has been sentenced to 20 years in a U.S. prison.
Ardit Ferizi, aka Th3Dir3ctorY, from Kosovo was sentenced in federal court in Alexandria, for “providing material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and accessing a protected computer
Pro-ISIS hackers promote violence and are making strides with new tools, tactics and procedures, establishing themselves as a growing threat.
If you rely on encrypted services to keep your data private and, unfortunately, you are in China, then you are about to be worried.
As of now Chinese government could snoop into the operations of technology companies as well as circumvent privacy protections in everyday gadgets.
China So-called Anti-Terrorism Law
Despite months of objections from major technology firms and concerns
Planes offering in-flight Wi-Fi are vulnerable to being hacked and controlled by onboard passengers, a US government watchdog has warned.
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Earlier this January, the Charlie Hebdo attacks in Paris shocked millions across the globe. News channels brought us almost 24 hour coverage of events and are still analyzing the effects, some weeks later.
However, there’s more to the aftermath than first meets the eye. France has received a massive spike in detected cyber-attacks, reporting over 19,000 attacks since events unfolded in the capital.
This cyber-terrorism represents an often ‘hidden’ side to politically motivated conflict and are neither new nor unique.
For many years, we have witnessed a close correlation between tensions in the middle-east and the number of cyber-attacks detected in conflict zones.
Political conflicts between Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Egypt and Palestine regularly trigger waves of cyber-attacks such as website defacements and Denial of Service attacks (DDoS).
Here are just a few examples of this cyber-terrorism:
Just as street-level conflict can be a way to express opinion and get your voice heard; for others, cyber-attacks are the most powerful protest tool available.
“these attacks are usually unsophisticated and are not motivated by theft of data or money”.
In my experience, these attacks are usually unsophisticated and are not motivated by theft of data or money. Instead, they are brought about simply by an individual or group’s need to voice their opinions.
So as Europe experiences a wave of terror attacks, what can it learn from the middle-east and its longstanding tensions?
For one, there is a very real correlation between civil conflicts and attacks in cyberspace, although thankfully not visa-versa.
Second, consumers and businesses should make sure they protect themselves in cyberspace once terror or political conflicts hit the streets.
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