Terrorists’ Use Of Internet, Problems Combating It Detailed In Congressional Report – HSToday
A Congressional Research Service (CRS) report released last week, Terrorist Use of the Internet: Information Operations in Cyberspace, “describes the ways that international terrorists and insurgents use the Internet strategically and tactically in pursuit of their political agendas.”
The report, which “covers terrorist information operations in cyberspace,” stated that “the Internet is used as a prime recruiting tool for insurgents,” noting that “extremists use chat rooms, dedicated servers and websites, and social networking tools as propaganda machines, as a means of recruitment and organization, for training grounds, and for significant fund-raising through cybercrime.”
Terrorists’ Use Of Internet, Problems Combating It Detailed In Congressional Report – HSToday
A Congressional Research Service (CRS) report released last week, Terrorist Use of the Internet: Information Operations in Cyberspace, “describes the ways that international terrorists and insurgents use the Internet strategically and tactically in pursuit of their political agendas.”
The report, which “covers terrorist information operations in cyberspace,” stated that “the Internet is used as a prime recruiting tool for insurgents,” noting that “extremists use chat rooms, dedicated servers and websites, and social networking tools as propaganda machines, as a means of recruitment and organization, for training grounds, and for significant fund-raising through cybercrime.”
