<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Since the last elections in the United States, France, and other nations, fake news has become a tool to manipulate voters. This creation of fake news creates a problem that ripples through an entire society creating division. However, the media has not scrutinized enough on data misuse. Daily it appears that there are breaches causing millions of users to have their personal information taken, exposed, and sold on the Dark Web in exchange of encrypted currencies. Recently, news has surfaced of major social media sites allowing emails to be read without user consent. These issues bring upon concern for the misuse of data and more importantly, how can this be used for information warfare and the exploitation of targeted groups through the use of the Internet. It is essential that organizations continuously review current data policies to ensure that they do not become victims of information warfare.</p></abstract>

Since the last elections in the United States, France, and other nations, fake news has become a tool to manipulate voters. This creation of fake news creates a problem that ripples through an entire society creating division. However, the media has not scrutinized enough on data misuse. Daily it appears that there are breaches causing millions of users to have their personal information taken, exposed, and sold on the Dark Web in exchange of encrypted currencies. Recently, news has surfaced of major social media sites allowing emails to be read without user consent. These issues bring upon concern for the misuse of data and more importantly, how can this be used for information warfare and the exploitation of targeted groups through the use of the Internet. It is essential that organizations continuously review current data policies to ensure that they do not become victims of information warfare.

Unprotected Data: Review of Internet Enabled Psychological and Information Warfare

Illinois Institute of Technology, School of Applied Technology

Land Forces Academy Review

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Since the last elections in the United States, France, and other nations, fake news has become a tool to manipulate voters. This creation of fake news creates...

Unprotected Data: Review of Internet Enabled Psychological and Information Warfare

Published Online: Oct 23, 2019

Page range: 187 - 198

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/raft-2019-0022

Keywords
data misuse, information warfare, Internet security, intelligence

© 2019 Francisco Garcia Martinez et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Unprotected Data: Review of Internet Enabled Psychological and Information Warfare

Published Online: Oct 23, 2019

Page range: 187 - 198

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/raft-2019-0022

Keywordsdata misuse, information warfare, Internet security, intelligence

© 2019 Francisco Garcia Martinez et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
data misuse, information warfare, Internet security, intelligence