Friday, 14. March 2003
Topic: Terror - on March 14, 2003 at 9:24:02 PM CET
Cyber terrorism 'overhyped'
The threat posed by cyber-terrorism has been overhyped and the net is unlikely to become a launch pad for terror attacks. That was the conclusion of a panel of security and technology experts brought together at the CeBIT technology fair to consider the threat posed by net attacks on businesses and consumers.
Panel members said companies faced far more serious threats from ordinary criminals, fraudsters and pranksters than they did from technology-literate terrorists.
Combating these real threats would take work by almost everyone involved in the running and use of the net.
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