1st Edition
The Rise of Politically Motivated Cyber Attacks Actors, Attacks and Cybersecurity
By Tine Munk
Copyright 2022
282 Pages
by
Routledge
282 Pages
by
Routledge
282 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book outlines the complexity in understanding different forms of cyber attacks, the actors involved, and their motivations. It explores the key challenges in investigating and prosecuting politically motivated cyber attacks, the lack of consistency within regulatory frameworks, and the grey zone that this creates, for cybercriminals to operate within.
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1. Introduction
2. The Growing Online Threat. The Actors
3. Cyber Attacks, Means and Methods
4. Cybersecurity and Strategies
5. Cyberwar and Warfare: State and State-sponsored Attacks
6. Cyberterrorism and Ransomware: State-supported Groups
7. Other Politically Motivated Attacks: Political Activists and Hacktivists
8. Conclusion
Biography
Tine Munk is a senior lecturer in the Criminology and Criminal Justice Department at Nottingham Trent University, UK. Tine is predominately teaching and researching cybercrime and cybersecurity. Her overarching research interest is cybercrimes in a political context focusing on these crimes’ power, responses, and impacts.
