Cyber warfare
What is ransomware?
This type of malicious software encrypts files and demands payment for their release.
What is September 11, 2001?
This date marks the terrorist attacks carried out against the United States in 2001.
What is terrorism?
This term describes the use of violence or intimidation, especially against civilians, to achieve political or ideological goals.
What is the Taliban?
This group emerged in Afghanistan during the 1990s and promised to restore order through strict Islamic rule.
What is Stuxnet?
This 2010 cyberweapon targeted Iranian nuclear centrifuges and is widely considered the first major cyber-physical attack.
What were the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center?
These two buildings in New York City were destroyed during the attacks.
What is a suicide bombing?
This type of attack involves a perpetrator detonating explosives carried on their own body or vehicle.
What is the U.S. invasion of Iraq?
This event in 2003 helped fuel insurgency and extremist recruitment that eventually contributed to the rise of ISIS.
What is a Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attack?
This attack overwhelms a server or network with traffic from many compromised devices at once.
What is al-Qaeda?
This terrorist organization, led by Osama bin Laden, claimed responsibility for the attacks.
What is the FBI?
This U.S. federal agency is primarily responsible for domestic counterterrorism investigations.
What is the Tora Bora region?
This mountainous region between Afghanistan and Pakistan became a major safe haven for al-Qaeda leadership after 2001.
Who is Fancy Bear (APT28)?
This cyber espionage group, believed to be linked to Russia’s GRU, was associated with the 2016 U.S. election hacks.
What is the Department of Homeland Security?
This U.S. government department was created in 2002 largely in response to the attacks.
What is ISIS (Islamic State)?
This international terrorist group seized large parts of Iraq and Syria in 2014 and declared a caliphate.
Who was Mullah Omar?
This Taliban founder served as the group’s supreme leader until his death was revealed in 2015.