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"The Tewksbury Police Department chief told its local newspaper, the Tewksbury Town Crier that those who infected the computers in early December 2014 were "ter
by rikkus 12y ago
"The Tewksbury Police Department chief told its local newspaper, the Tewksbury Town Crier that those who infected the computers in early December 2014 were "terrorists.""
None of the definitions of terrorism I can find would describe this. Exaction, perhaps? Is there a better term?
- crististm 12y agoThis sounds more like extortion.
- aikah 12y agoDidn't the Obama administration issue an executive order basically saying any hacking on any US government infrastructure is terrorism? Ransomware would be terrorism in that case (not that I agree).
- ppod 12y agoText of the patriot act definition below. As much as I hate the Patriot Act, its terrorism definitions do a pretty good job I think, but B(ii) seems a bit redundant given B(iii). Note that it's A && B, not A || B. ‘‘(5) the term ‘domestic terrorism’ means activities that— ‘‘(A) involve acts dangerous to human life that are a violation of the criminal laws of the United States or of any State; ‘‘(B) appear to be intended— ‘‘(i) to intimidate or coerce a civilian population; ‘‘(ii) to influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion; or ‘‘(iii) to affect the conduct of a government by mass destruction, assassination, or kidnapping; and ‘‘(C) occur primarily within the territorial jurisdiction of the United States.’’
- irascible 12y agoExtortionists.