Cyber Conflict as an Emergent Social Phenomenon

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Author(s): Dorothy E. Denning (Naval Postgraduate School, USA)
Copyright: 2011
Pages: 17
Source title: Corporate Hacking and Technology-Driven Crime: Social Dynamics and Implications
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Thomas J. Holt (Michigan State University, USA)and Bernadette H. Schell (President's Advisor on Cybercrime, University of Ontario, Canada; Vice-Provost at Laurentian University, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61692-805-6.ch009

Keywords: Digital Crime & Forensics / Information Science Reference / IT Security and Ethics / Security & Forensics

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This chapter examines the emergence of social networks of non-state warriors launching cyber attacks for social and political reasons. It examines the origin and nature of these networks; their objectives, targets, tactics, and use of online forums; and their relationship, if any, to their governments. General concepts are illustrated with case studies drawn from operations by Strano Net, the Electronic Disturbance Theater, the Electrohippies, and other networks of cyber activists; electronic jihad as practiced by those affiliated with al-Qa’ida and the global jihadist movement associated with it; and operations by patriotic hackers from China, Russia, and elsewhere.

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