Cybercrime: The Easy Way to Commit a Crime
Cybercriminals are able to commit detrimentals crimes with a click of a few buttons. Cybercrime is the “unauthorized use or disruption of computer files...the theft of an electronic identity...the use of a computer to facilitate or carry out a traditional crime (Engdahl 100).” According to the author of the article “Cybersecurity,” cyber attacks are becoming more and more common. Now that all important or personal documents, including secret government documents are electronic, they often are protected by firewalls are complicated encryption codes. Though these technological advances are great to protect information and keep people safe, it has also become a problem since there are many intelligent …show more content…
If the government databases, which are protected with the best kind of technology there is, are being attacked, then common civilian digital accounts and files are not secure at all. Based on an article by Keith Lordeau, a former FBI Special Agent, the hacking and tampering of government databases is called cyberterrorism. Cyberterrorism has become more common as the hackers and technology becomes more sophisticated (Lordeau). The explanation for this is that even though the technology is improving and become more advanced, it will not help against the terrorists, because they too are becoming more developed. Lordeau also expresses that “terrorist groups are increasingly adopting the power of modern communications technology for planning, recruiting, propaganda purposes...and the like.” This asserts that modern technology is being used as an aid in planning and everything else aforementioned, which will come back to potentially harm the safety and security of the United States and its people. Technology is being used to help people protect information and make keeping information easier, but is also being used to kill and terrorize. Computers are making it less difficult for terrorists to attack the country. This affects the Unites States as a whole because cyberterrorism is just a modern form of
Cybercriminals are able to commit detrimentals crimes with a click of a few buttons. Cybercrime is the “unauthorized use or disruption of computer files...the theft of an electronic identity...the use of a computer to facilitate or carry out a traditional crime (Engdahl 100).” According to the author of the article “Cybersecurity,” cyber attacks are becoming more and more common. Now that all important or personal documents, including secret government documents are electronic, they often are protected by firewalls are complicated encryption codes. Though these technological advances are great to protect information and keep people safe, it has also become a problem since there are many intelligent …show more content…
If the government databases, which are protected with the best kind of technology there is, are being attacked, then common civilian digital accounts and files are not secure at all. Based on an article by Keith Lordeau, a former FBI Special Agent, the hacking and tampering of government databases is called cyberterrorism. Cyberterrorism has become more common as the hackers and technology becomes more sophisticated (Lordeau). The explanation for this is that even though the technology is improving and become more advanced, it will not help against the terrorists, because they too are becoming more developed. Lordeau also expresses that “terrorist groups are increasingly adopting the power of modern communications technology for planning, recruiting, propaganda purposes...and the like.” This asserts that modern technology is being used as an aid in planning and everything else aforementioned, which will come back to potentially harm the safety and security of the United States and its people. Technology is being used to help people protect information and make keeping information easier, but is also being used to kill and terrorize. Computers are making it less difficult for terrorists to attack the country. This affects the Unites States as a whole because cyberterrorism is just a modern form of