WorksheetsCNET151 - Chapt 12 - Cyber Terrorism & Information Warfare
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
According to the FBI, what is the premeditated, politically motivated attack against information, computer systems, computer programs, and data that results in violence against noncombatant targets by subnational groups or clandestine agents?
Cyber terrorism
Ecoterrorism
Cyberespionage
Propaganda
According to ISight Partners, a cyber intelligence firm, in 2014 hackers from which country were spying on computers used in NATO and the European Union?
Russia
Latvia
Lithuania
Estonia
The virus specifically designed for espionage, first appeared in 2012 and targeted Windows operating systems. What is its name?
Stuxnet
Flame
BlackEnergy
FinFisher
A(n) attack on data can include stealing or destroying data. What type of attack is it?
Money center
Memory
Economic
Hardware
Which virus that infected Iranian nuclear facilities was exploiting a vulnerability in SCADA systems?
MyDoom
Stuxnet
FinFisher
Flame
Any attempt to manipulate information in pursuit of a military or political goal is known as what?
Cyber terrorism
Economic terrorism
Information warfare
Disinformation
The _____ War was the first modern war in which there was strong and widespread domestic opposition. Which war is being referred to?
Korean
Persian Gulf
Iraqi
Vietnam
During the ______ War, Western democracies invested time and money in radio broadcasts to communist nations. Which war is being referred to?
Korean
Vietnam
Cold
Iraqi
A propaganda agent can manage multiple online personalities, posting to many different bulletin boards and discussion groups.
Bulletin boards and email accounts
Bulletin boards and discussion groups
Discussion groups and email accounts
None of the above
In 1996, a hacker allegedly associated with the white supremacist movement temporarily disabled a ________ ISP.
Massachusetts
New York
Sri Lankan
Chinese
In 1998, ethnic Tamil guerrillas swamped _________ embassies with 800 emails a day.
Chinese
Iraqi
Sri Lankan
Russian
Although the Cyberterrorism Preparedness Act of 2002 was not passed, many of its goals were addressed by the PATRIOT Act.
CIA
Pentagon
PATRIOT Act
FBI
The joint task force representing components of all portions of the U.S Armed Forces is the _____________.
U.S. Cyber Command
Patriot Command
Cyber Terror Association
U.S. Office of Personnel Management
_________________was a 2012 hacktivist-led effort that executed DoS attacks on the New York Stock Exchange and various banks.
APT29
GhostNet
Cutting Sword of Justice
Operation Ababil
In August 2010 the United States publicly warned that the _______ military was targeting American companies as well as government agencies.
Iraqi
Chinese
Russian
Iranian
