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Cybercrime, Terrorist Use of the Internet and Cyberwarfare: The Importance of a Clear Distinction
Marco Gercke
17 - 31
10.3233/978-1-61499-150-2-17
NATO Science for Peace and Security Series - E: Human and Societal Dynamics
Volume 103: Trends and Developments in Contemporary Terrorism
Abstract

The attacks against computer systems in Estonia in 2007 and Georgia in 2008, as well as the recently discovered malicious software Stuxnet, are incidents that are frequently quoted in the context of ‘cyberwarfare.’ This article provides an overview of three categories of Internet-related incidents (cybercrime, terrorist use of the Internet and cyberwarfare) and aims to underline the importance of a differentiation between them.

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