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Information Technology Breeds New Age Terrorism, Amita Aziz
Information Technology Breeds New Age Terrorism, Amita Aziz
Theses
This thesis examines the impact information technologies have had on the age-old phenomenon of terrorism. It looks at how terrorism has evolved into what has come to be known as information terrorism over this Information Era. Information revolution has introduced a new paradigm called Information Warfare for conflict among nations based upon attacking information infrastructures. The political attractions and deterrents to using these new information warfare methods are discussed at great length. The information age is affecting not only the types of targets and weapons terrorist choose, but also the ways in which such groups operate and structure their organizations. …