Terrorists exploit internet / Infosecurity news, 9 Sep 2005

http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/090905_terrorist_use_of_net.htm
"Terrorist groups prefer to use the internet to spread information rather than attack it, said academics at Oxford University's 'Safety and Security in a Networked World' conference. Terrorism aims to communicate, so destroying such a powerful means of communication would be counter-productive, said Shyam Tekwani, an assistant professor at Singapore's Nanyang Technological University's school of communications and information. 'It's very useful for them to keep it running, he told a session on terrorism."
Abstracts of papers delivered at the conference are available at http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/research/cybersafety/