Priyaksh Sharma, New Law College, Pune
ABSTRACT
With the development of technology cyber space is continuously developing so is the crimes which take place in cyberspace are also developing. Cyber terrorism in simple words can be defined as a trembling of government or private networks and the breach of security of computer systems storing confidential and private data and using of such data for fulfilling illogical demands or political propagandas of certain groups. Cyber terrorism has casted it’s shadow on all the networks and computer systems all around the globe. It is normally thought that cyber terrorism is a cyber crime which originated in 2000s but it was there even way before of 1980s as cyber crime can be defined as using of electronic technology in such a manner that some damage or fear is caused in the minds of victims and cyber terrorism being a type of cybercrime can take place even with use of electronic technologies other than the computer systems for example printing and circulating of threatening mails among the masses for causing confusion and uncertainty. There are various ways and measures which are devised by the Indian Government and various other international organizations for combating cyber terrorism. This article gives a detailed description regarding cyber terrorism and the ways which are devised for combating it.
