Question Description: In this discussion, you will identify an emerging terrorist threat and begin to explore the different ways in which it may evolve. Begin by researching a current news article on an emerging terrorist threat. Use this article as the basis for your initial post. In your initial post, briefly summarize the article focusing on the emerging terrorist threat. Then, present a minimum of three alternative futures related to how this threat may evolve over time.
Answer preview
anticipated evolution of cyberterrorism is the involvement of black hat hackers in terrorism activities. Most terrorists lack sufficient skills to instigate cyberattacks, which means they will have to recruit black hat hacker groups to perpetrate such attacks. Cybersecurity experts indicate that terrorist groups are currently using the tech-savvy members of their organizations to commit cyber attacks (Jarvis et al., 2015). However, doing this has not yet yielded the results they anticipated because of the white hat hackers under most governments’ payroll. To compete with such hackers, terrorists will have to enlist the help of black hat hacker groups.
[432 Words]