Team 1 Sec3.1

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We have four sections so each gets little less than two pages. I am targeting each subsection to be 2/3 pages, give and take few lines here and there.

3. Estimated feasibility and strategic value of the attack technique to a terrorist organization:

3.1 Scalability

Below is the outline for what I am working on. But it has been constant flux so final thing may appear little different

  • Define Cyberterrorism which distinguishes hacking with Cyberterrorism (More precise definition accepted in academic circle)
  • Scalability of attacks if possible and if it is strategic from terrorist's perspective
   a)national infrastructure (water, electricity, dams etc.)
   b) economic/finacial institutions 
   c) psychologically terrorize the nation

[I am going from the perspective "warfare" defined by military that will cause long term harm to national interest rather than annoyance which does not have much significance over time. For example, hackers hacks into Amazon.com webpage, users may go to website of another bookseller or may delay buying the book but does ultimately. Attack was able to create inconvenience to users but in long term GDP output or infrastructure, psyschological damage was nothing. Contrast it with situation if someonehacks into stock exchange and able to carry fictitiuous transactions of billions of dollars which scares of investors,dents the confidence in finacial markets and crash stock markets? But again is it possible to do in scalable fashion?]