Tonight I went to my first Hull BCS meeting named Crime, War and Terrorism in Cyberspace!

When William Gibson coined the term Cyberspace it was followed by a rash of science fiction that explored how the banes of society, such as Crime, War and Terrorism will fill the Cyberworld. The most recent dark Cyberspace fiction was the Matrix series of movies. Many of us have some exposure to criminality on the Internet when we open our email, or browse internet auctions for bargains. Some of those bargains, are too good to be true!

The talk given by Brian Tompsett this evening at the University of Hull surveyed the incidents and mechanisms of crime of the Internet to illustrate the scope of the problem in reality, as compared to those imagined in fiction. It then examines how modern warfare and terrorism has also become a reality that is fought across the network of cyberspace. The talk contained material of interest to the technical and non-technical audience alike, and will hopefully acted as a catalyst for further awareness raising of the issues and discussions.