Information terrorism

Abstract

The article deals with the actual problem of the spread of information terrorism in the world space. Information terrorism is a new type of criminal activity. Terrorists use modern information resources, the Internet to spread the ideology of terrorism. The general scientific dialectical method and a complex of scientific methods of cognition (system-structural, formal-logical) represent the methodological basis of the research. The results reached by the authors are that in modern conditions the threat of information terrorism has become a reality. Comprehensive prevention of the threat of information terrorism must be carried out within the framework of reforming the country through the widespread automation and digitalization of all life support facilities, as well as the country's integration into international information exchange. In the conclusion, the authors formulated the main conclusions of the study, substantiated the need to develop measures to counter information terrorism.