O ciberterrorismo diante do atual ordenamento jurídico brasileiro

Abstract

Cyberterrorism is an attack on computer systems, information, computer programs and / or data, which is intended to intimidate or coerce governments or societies in pursuit of political, religious or ideological goals. In addition, these attacks are potentially capable of causing and spreading panic throughout the population, which becomes hostage to fear, since its results are unpredictable, making it even a threat to the Democratic Rule of Law. In view of this, we have a problem with the question of how the patriot order should be used in the face of an attack of cyberterrorism. Therefore, the general objective of this study is to know the dynamics of cyberterrorism and how the Brazilian legal system should approach such an act. In addition, a cover of an analysis of a possible legitimacy for application of the Antiterrorism Law (nº 13.260, of March 16, 2016) of an emergency character. For this, the theoretical framework adopted was the second order cybernetics and the research method used was the bibliographical one, having the information gathered from books, articles and publications on the internet. Thus, such reflection on these attacks is an open field for the study and deepening in the subject, being necessary an approach that is adapted to its degree of dangerousness, emergencility and extension of the damages, with the fundamental rights of our homeland.