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CYBER-TERRORISME [1 record]

Record 1 2014-08-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • IT Security
  • Electronic Warfare
DEF

The use of Internet-based attacks in terrorist activities, including acts of deliberate, large-scale disruption of computer networks, especially of personal computers attached to the Internet, by the means of tools such as computer viruses.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité des TI
  • Guerre électronique
DEF

Acte de terrorisme utilisant des systèmes informatiques ou la technologie des ordinateurs comme une arme ou comme une cible [...]

CONT

Le cyberterrorisme a des motivations politiques, sociales ou religieuses, il vise à semer la peur ou la panique dans la population civile ou à déstabiliser l'appareil militaire et civil.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Seguridad de IT
  • Guerra electrónica
DEF

Ciberataque para causar la inutilización o interrupción de redes de ordenadores o comunicaciones para generar temor o intimidar a la sociedad con un objetivo ideológico.

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