New counter-terrorism strategy reveals technology increasingly being used by terrorists. The UK's new counter-terrorism strategy published by the home secretary Theresa May has revealed that terrorists are increasingly using technology such as Google Earth and Street View to plan attacks and encryption devices to carry out those.
The report also says that terrorists are also planning to launch cyber-attacks, according to a report by the Guardian. The report says terrorists are using widely available sophisticated technology to encrypt mobile phone voice and text messages. It said that terrorists used "off-the-shelf" communications technology to coordinate the the attacks in Mumbai.
The report has also revealed how file sharing sites and cloud computing could be used by terrorists to encrypt data while transfer and to wipe off any trace of their activities. Terrorists also plan to use social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter to spread extremist ideologies, says the report.
The new government strategy has suggested changes in prosecution of terror suspects and track Internet and mobile communications as measures to counter terrorism. Recently, Google was asked by authorities in India to halt its mapping project for Street View over security concerns.
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Google, Facebook, Cloud computing help terrorists to strike: Report
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