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Cyberbezpieczeństwo – nowy priorytet strategii obrony Stanów Zjednoczonych?
Cybersecurity: A New Priority in U.S. Defence Strategy?

Author(s): Dominika Dziwisz
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: PISM Polski Instytut Spraw Międzynarodowych
Keywords: USA; United States; security; cyberterrorism; terrorism; international crime

Summary/Abstract: Online fraud, identity theft, disclosures of user names and passwords are inherent risks for Internet users. With some simplification, and probably in order to achieve a greater media effect, these criminal acts are often referred to as cyberterrorism. But the notions of cybercrime and cyberterrorism are not identical. While material gain is usually the motive for a cybercriminal, cyberterrorists have ideological inspirations, often seeking to give ideas which they find important as much publicity as possible. But the means to which cybercriminals and cyberterrorists resort are the same.

  • Issue Year: 2011
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 103-122
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Polish