For example, what, at base, is the difference between DDoS (distributed denial-of-service) attacks and masked bodies shutting down a city street or occupying a building, with the aim of causing economic and operational disruption to an ideologically targeted institution?
However, he said the attacks had been used as cover for other activities, such as cyber-heists, at a targeted institution.
"They are meant to harass, intimidate and embarrass a targeted institution, but the DDoS attacks rarely result in any lasting impact on individual accounts at an institution".
And, over the weekend, an angry mob attempted to storm the Beirut offices of Prime Minister Najib Mikati, prompting the military to say that it would use force, if needed, if people targeted institutions or officials.
It would appear we have forgotten how to target institutions.
The National Extremism Tactical Co-ordination Unit, which oversaw their arrest, has turned its attention to such matters once again.Yet direct campaigns to eliminate animal experimentation by targeting institutions that facilitate it have so far relocated rather than removed the practice.
We have a foreign adversary that has state-level resources being used to target institutions and government agencies.
Such outreach can target institutions such as social organizations, service clubs, schools, and businesses, as well as trusted social networks (Paton et al. [2008], Haynes et al. [2008]).
In addition to permitting the NSA to collect information about most countries, it also authorizes the NSA to target institutions like the International Monetary Fund, the European Union and the International Atomic Energy Agency.
Additional UN advocacy on behalf of island nations now targets institutions including the World Bank and the WTO, Pradhan adds.
This is an especially important target institution for analysis because NRC committees have extensive information access and resources, as well as decision-makers who are well equipped to deal with a variety of information types, including STI.
