ABSTRACT
This chapter aims to highlight the challenges posed by ever advancing technologies in the cyber environment, and the need not only for new legislation and regulation in this field, but also to increase understanding in the subject and its relevance to terrorist finance. The Internet is used by terrorists to gather information on potential targets. Free generic imaging software such as Google Earth, available to anyone with an Internet connection, can also allow terrorists to view counter-terrorist activities at a target site. The Internet can also be used to send hidden messages. The relevance to terrorism and terrorism finance is that it eliminates the need for terrorists to physically conduct reconnaissance, which is not only reduces the risk of being compromised drastically, but also cuts down on the operational cost of a terrorist attack. Information operations and psychological operations are relevant to terrorist funding is that both are used to persuade potential donors to support their cause by providing financial support.
