ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on the concepts of cyberterrorism and cyberwarfare, and raising issues about whether such matters can exist in cyberspace. If hacktivism was the first part of a continuum then cyberwarfare is at the other end. The concept of cyberterrorism is terrorism on, or facilitated by, the internet, rather than terrorists merely using the internet. It unites two significant modern fears: fear of technology and fear of terrorism. The chapter describes the main uses of the internet by terrorists and they are Propaganda/publicity, Fundraising, Information dissemination, and Secure communications. The Counter-Terrorism Act 2008, introduced a new specific provision that sought to tackle the obtaining of intelligence about designated persons. The fact that the permanent members of the Security Council wield a veto and the UN may be impotent to act. It is this which leads to a criticism of international law: that it does not really apply to the big countries or their principal allies.
