Cyber war and Terrorism in Kosovo

AuthorHalim Bajraktari - Agon Kokaj
PositionDean of the Faculty of Law, University 'Ukshin Hoti' of Prizren - University 'Ukshin Hoti' of Prizren
Pages124-128
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Cyb
er war an
d
Terrorism in Kosov
o
Assoc. Pro
. Dr. Halim Ba
raktar
D
ean of the Faculty of Law,
U
niversity “
U
kshin Hoti” of Prizren
Agon Ko
k
a
j
U
niversity “
U
kshin Hoti” o
f
Prizren
Abs
tr
act
T
he war on terror has been an ongoing phenomenon for the past two decades.
I
t has been a great
challenge for the world to be able to neutralize our enemies in di erent aspects of our society.
A
s w
e
c
o
nt
i
n
ue
t
o
m
o
v
e
fu
rth
e
r
i
nt
o
th
e
2
1
s
t
century we have started to encounter di
erent
n
ew possibilities into working together for the best of our children. The problem is that the
unknown enemy is no longer located in a certain state or region. We are continuously facing
s
o called
I
T ba le grounds or Digital Wars. The Cyber war has changed our lives completely.
I
t h
a
s h
a
d
a
r
e
c
e
nt dr
a
m
a
t
i
c
e
e
ct
i
n th
e
e
c
o
n
o
m
ie
s
o
f s
e
v
e
r
a
l d
i
e
r
e
nt c
ou
ntr
ie
s.
I
t h
a
s
a
ls
o
changed the personal political background o
f
certain signi
cant individuals around the globe.
T
he way we think and believe has taken a di erent turn in our society.
I
t would be very logical
t
o ar
g
ue that if we are now able to trust the media or would it be worth choosin
g
whom to
t
rust. Cyber war has also had a strong impact in the Balkans.
A
n unstable region where for
t
he past few years has continued to have di erent cyber a acks amongst neighboring enemy
c
ou
ntr
ie
s
.
Keywords:
I
mpact, Cyber a acks, Cyber War,
I
T-ba le ground, enemy countries, Kosovo
.
I
ntr
odu
ct
io
n
C
yb
er war is a ver
y
im
p
ortant ongoing
ph
enomena in to
d
a
y
’s societ
y
.
I
t
h
as
h
a
d
a
strong im
p
act in t
h
e wa
y
certain
d
ecisions are ma
d
e an
d
it
h
as c
h
ange
d
t
h
e so ca
ll
e
d
id
ea
l
b
e
l
ieva
b
i
l
it
y
in our
p
resent time.
A
s we continue to move on into t
h
e so ca
ll
e
d
d
evelo
p
ing world o
f
I
T and Hi-Tech, our societies are coming closer together. This
has allowed di
erent traditions and
p
eo
p
le with di
erent backgrounds to reach out
to one another whether it ma
y
be
f
rom the eastern countries o
f
A
sia to the North
A
tlantic. This
f
ormat o
f
globalisation with the
I
T world has le
us with man
y
ongoing
p
roblems that ma
y
lead to a catastro
p
hic domino e
ect that ma
y
be uncontrollable
i
n the near
f
uture. The data we
p
rovide to the databases and the
p
rivate in
f
ormation
t
h
at we
p
resent to certain intuitions on
l
ine ma
y
b
e at ris
k
.
I
t
h
as occurre
d
in our
l
ast
two decades that data was corru
p
ted stolen or misused
f
or unlaw
f
ul
p
ur
p
oses.
Signi
cant individuals have decided that the
y
could start a new ba leground online
where the
y
could use in
f
ormation and data regarding their own
p
ersonal enem
y
and
at some
p
oint the
y
are able to
p
ublish it online. The major
p
roblem that we are
f
acing
here is that i
f
that in
f
ormation, is
p
ersonal or it could even contain images, video
cl
i
p
s t
h
at cou
ld
easi
ly
d
estro
y
one’s image to t
h
e
p
u
bl
ic e
y
e. T
h
is cou
ld
b
e re
l
ate
d
to a
p
rivatel
y
owned com
p
an
y
or even an institution where
p
eo
p
le are em
p
lo
y
ed.
T
he
p
roblems we’re
f
acing are still not clear because it continues to get worse and

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