| Cyber world today is facing the most | | | | that provide links to other criminal groups. |
| complicated problem of fighting a crime which | | | | |
| is hard to detect and curb in the borderless | | | | Among the various terrorist organizations, Al |
| world. Cyber crime though has its origin in | | | | Qaeda has notoriously held the top most |
| the conventional crime, it is hard to detect | | | | position in the list of U.S. government since |
| because of the highly technical mode of | | | | many years. Its network has penetrated its |
| committing it. It is ironical that the | | | | roots deep within the humanity across the |
| advancement in the computer network | | | | world. Planned attacks by Al Qaeda prove the |
| worldwide, which has brought all the nations | | | | use of advanced and sophisticated technology |
| together on a global stage, has given rise to | | | | by the organization. Hizbullah is another |
| such an alarming situation. The law | | | | terrorist organization which functions in the |
| enforcement agencies, unaware of the | | | | U.S. They are determined to establish Islamic |
| technological know-how find it hard to nab | | | | power in the Middle East countries and |
| the criminals involved in the offences | | | | propagate beliefs and ideas through their |
| related to cyber space. The main categories | | | | website. |
| of cyber crime include hacking, theft of | | | | |
| information, data diddling, virus attacks, | | | | The mode of operation of cyber crimes is |
| web jacking, Trojan attacks etc. | | | | different from the conventional crimes. Just |
| | | | with a single cyber attack the professional |
| Cyber terrorism is another dimension of the | | | | cyber criminals can affect a huge number of |
| cyber crime which has raised serious security | | | | network servers and computer systems and can |
| concerns world over. It could be understood | | | | conduct his activities by remaining far away |
| as planned and intentional hacking of | | | | from the place of incident. |
| computer programs, data and information. The | | | | |
| US economy is extremely vulnerable to cyber | | | | Tracking cyber terrorists and prosecuting |
| crimes as all the functions being performed | | | | them is not an effortless procedure. The |
| by the government and financial institutions | | | | government of U.S.A has framed the National |
| in the US are highly dependant upon the world | | | | Strategy for the security of cyber world |
| of computers. | | | | which includes clauses for the expansion of |
| | | | national cyberspace security response system |
| Cyber terrorists are capable of causing | | | | and procedures for development of training |
| devastation to an unimaginable extent. In the | | | | programs. |
| year 1988, a computer virus was created that | | | | |
| infected more than six thousand internet | | | | Co-operation and collaboration from all |
| servers. In some other part of the world, a | | | | segments of society - right from home level |
| group of cyber criminals, posing as phone | | | | computer users to extremely crucial |
| technicians, rerouted calls by tapping the | | | | government bureaus, is required to combat |
| phone lines. In yet another incident, the | | | | cyber terrorism. At worldwide level, |
| services provided by an airport were greatly | | | | Interpol, which works as mediator between law |
| affected when a hacker halted the airports' | | | | agencies of different countries, has served a |
| computer system in 1997. These incidents | | | | great role in publicizing the names of cyber |
| indicate that cyber terrorists have the | | | | terrorists and in tracking of criminals on |
| potential of inflicting damage to the whole | | | | international scale. Apart from providing |
| community. | | | | intelligence services to the countries |
| | | | associated with it, Interpol is attempting to |
| There are many criminal groups within the | | | | facilitate data sharing between member |
| territorial boundaries of United States, | | | | nations, conducting operational information |
| which are capable of carrying out destruction | | | | analysis, sponsoring training in cyber |
| through cyber technologies within the | | | | terrorism. |
| country. They have sophisticated websites | | | | |