Cyber terrorism affects most of the citizens of the United States. It can have physical, mental and emotional damage to people. Citizens of the United States, companies, and our country in general, are at risk of having valuable information stolen. Some valuable information that might be stolen might be credit card information, social security numbers, and even attack upon government agencies, which could have disastrous economic effects. This threat might allow other countries to come at us, and we might not be able to defend ourselves.
Cyberterrorism may not seem as bad as real terrorism, but according to Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, who conducted studies on terrorism and stress, “the stress scores for lethal and nonlethal cyber terrorism are not far behind, and all the scores significantly surpass the control group." As people may think that is not a big deal, but it is and can cause many problems.
Instances have happened with in our country. People have attempted and have stolen credit card as well as top secret information. Within the U.S., we have to have security. According to an analysis from 2012, Jian Hua and Sanjay Bapna from the School of Business and Public Administration, University of the District of Columbia, there has been cyber attacks on the United States that came from outside the United States,
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REPORTED CYBER ATTACKS
• Attacks on Estonian government Websites in 2007 effectively crippled the government transactions in that country.
•The information for the stealth fighter jet program was stolen.
•The U.S. Air Force’s air traffic control systems were intruded.
Since these attacks, we have increased our cyber security protection. There is cyber terrorists, at this moment, trying to ge into our systems, but they can't because we have it protected. But is it enough? It can be scary if we think about it.
We as citizens are in danger of our identities when we have our information online. People can steal the information. These people can buy stuff and even do illegal things with it. So we as citizens should be aware of all the the threats that exist. It may affect us one day .
Things can go wrong any second, but we can make everything better with security.
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