I'd like to lean towards keeping terrorism defined essentially by intent--namely, the intent to use asymmetrical, threateningly or actually destructive, and emo

I'd like to lean towards keeping terrorism defined essentially by intent--namely, the intent to use asymmetrical, threateningly or actually destructive, and emotionally activating ("terrorizing") means to manipulate a body politic or society towards a desired change. If serious ransomware attacks are being conducted by state actors with the sole intent of causing damage, and we want to use powerful terminologies to describe them, "acts of war" seems a reasonable start. Yes, this is semantics--but some of my concern here is that just freely tossing around "terrorism" gives cover for organizations not to be diligent in at least attempting to secure their networks and digital assets.