Abstract
The chapter discusses the modern possibilities of cyber-terrorism, gives certain examples of its application in conflicts, shows the dangers that may follow cybercrime as an international level crime. Therefore, the need to improve the world policy of fighting it and to strengthen international cooperation is explored. Terrorism, including cyberterrorism, is a global phenomenon that transcends national boundaries and whose scale is immeasurably large. As a result of technological progress, modern, global cyberspace creates a unique environment for cyberterrorism.
TopLiterature Review
Due to the urgency and importance of the topic, both Georgian and foreign scientists and researchers are interested in studying cybercrime. Accordingly, the literature surrounding the issue is quite diverse. The statistical data, periodicals-articles, reports, and others provide significant help in studying the problem.
Babak Akhgar, Andrew Staniforth, and Francesca Bosco in their valuable work, Cyber Crime and Cyber Terrorism Investigator's Handbook published in 2014, gave us important help in the process of working on the paper. The Cybercrime and Cyberterrorism Investigator's Guide describes the nature of cybercrime and cyberterrorism, and how to avoid them. The book allows us to learn about the technological and logistical framework of cyberterrorism and the social and legal background of the struggle against it. The paper shows how the modern security landscape has changed all over the world due to the development of cyber technology, and what threats the modern civilized world is facing.
Key Terms in this Chapter
Internet: A global network that unites a huge number of computers around the globe and makes it possible to gain access to information resources.
Contemporary Conflicts: Special interaction of individuals, groups, and associations, which arises with their incompatible views, positions, and interests, happening at the present.
International Cooperation: Joint actions of subjects of international law (IL) in any area of their mutual interests, their activities to coordinate their positions, coordinate actions, resolve common problems, and make mutually acceptable decisions.
Cyberterrorism: The use of computer and telecommunication technologies (first of all, the Internet) for terrorist purposes.
Crime: A guilty socially dangerous act, prohibited by the Criminal Code of the country under the threat of punishment.
Government: The highest executive body of state power.
Hybrid War: a type of hostile action in which the attacking side does not resort to a classic military invasion, but suppresses its opponent using a combination of covert operations, sabotage, and cyber warfare, as well as providing support to insurgents operating in enemy territory.