In 2012 the websites of the US Department of Justice Univers

In 2012, the websites of the US Department of Justice, Universal Music and the Motion Picture Association of America were shut down by the hacking group known as Anonymous in response to the indictment of Mega upload and proposed copyright legislation. This was an example of which type of threat? ESPIONAGE THEFT WEBSITE DEFACEMENT JAILBREAKING What is an example of nondestructive behavior exhibited by malicious code?

Solution

Espionage or spying is a cyber attack which is executed by obtaining the information which is secret or confidential without the consent of the holder of the information.In the past, espionage or spying was targetted typically on obtaining political and military information, in the present time they are directed towards targetting comercials, scientific research, IT, electronics and many other fields. The Espionage agents are trained experts in a particular field so as gather information that is the target of high value in order to carry out the task. The optimised identification of the target at its implementation is the sole moto of the espionage act. Broad areas where Espionage is carried out and are the targets of the spies are:
1. Military field
2. Industrial field
3. Political field

Espionage is the violation of law and the method used by the agents involves the act of obtaining, delivering, transmitting, communicating, or receiving information that is targetting a particular entity for their own organisational development.