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