Terrorists and Cyber Information

Kompas/Rony Ariyanto Nugroho

Police personnel investigate the location of the cooking-pan bomb in Sekejati, Buah Batu district, Bandung, West Java, on Saturday (8/7). Agus Wiguna planned to detonate bombs in a café on Jalan Braga, at the Astana Anyar restaurant and a in a church in Buah Batu.

The Internet has become the source of all information, those that are qualified and useful and others that are like garbage and malicious; both are used by all users.

On Monday in this newspaper, we were reminded again that radicalism in cyberspace is becoming a real threat. Groups and individuals can access social media for a wide range of needs, ranging from teachings on radical thinking, to tips on how to prepare acts of terror, and to trade services for terror attack equipment.