House Financial Services

          Topic 1. In her testimony before the House Financial Services Committee, Lillian Ablon of the RAND Corporation made the point that as of today, cyber terrorism is largely theoretical. While there have been significant cases of hacktivism and terrorists have used technology and the Internet to further terrorist activities, there have been few, if any, publicly reported cases of terrorists using the Internet to carry out attacks. Academic Level : Bachelor Paper details Select an attack and discuss whether or not it should be considered an act of cyber terrorism. If it is considered a terrorist attack, discuss why. If not, explain how this attack would be characterize. A malware attack on the electric grid in the northeastern United states resulting in 300,000 customers being without power for five hours.