  After more than two decades of discussion, the concept of cyberterrorism
remains plagued by confusion. This article presents the result of an
integrative review which maps the development of the term and situates the
epistemic communities that have shaped the debate. After critically assessing
existing accounts and highlighting the key ethical, social, and legal
dimensions at stake in preventing cyberterrorist attacks, it calls for a more
dynamic conceptualization that views cyberterrorism as more abstract, difficult
to predict, and hard to isolate; and which embraces a different conception of
sufficient harm. In concluding it proposes a novel definition of
cyberterrorism, intended to catalyse a new research programme, and sketches a
roadmap for further research.
