LILLE, France (AFP) – Hindi pa nagawa ng mga jihadist na ipasara ang power grid, paralisahin ang transport network o banking system o agawin ang kontrol sa isang industrial site mula sa malayo, ngunit ayon sa mga eksperto ang banta ng ganitong cyber attack ay dapat na seryososhin.
Nangangamba ang mga analyst na wala mang sariling kakayahan sa ganitong larangan ang extremist groups, maaari naman silang umupa ng mga tao para maghasik ng kaguluhan.
‘’Digital attacks with major impacts are unlikely in the short term,’’ sabi ni Guillaume Poupard, pinuno ng digital security service ANSSI ng France, sa isang international cyber security conference sa Lille, France.
‘’However, that could change very fast. Our real fear, and we may already be there, is that they will use mercenaries, people who will do anything for money,’’ ani Poupard.
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Nitong unang bahagi ng buwan, nagbabala rin si Europol director Rob Wainwright ng paggamit ng digital mercenaries ng jihadist groups sa World Economic Forum sa Davos, Switzerland.
‘’Even if they don’t have access to the capabilities, they can simply buy it on the darknet (a hidden internet realm of encrypted websites), where there is an enormous trade in cyber criminal technology,’’ ani Wainwright sa panel discussion sa ‘’Terrorism in the Digital Age’’.
