Weaponized information, a new term for me
"Weaponized information is a message or content piece that is designed to affect the recipient's perception about something or someone in a way that is not warranted. The term implies a target and the intention to cause harm.
The goal of weaponized information is bringing about a change in beliefs and attitudes and, as a result, promote behavior that serves the attacker's purpose. Attacks involving weaponized information are sometimes referred to as cognitive hacking.
Weaponized information often consists of intentional falsehoods, known as disinformation. It can also be true but taken out of context, like a comment carefully selected from a longer statement so that it does not reflect what the speaker said. It may be a mixture of truth and lies, so that the known facts lend credence to the untruths. In other cases, the information may be true but its significance overblown or the timing of release calculated to cause the most harm possible."
This came from whats.techtarget.com
Last night I was attending a book discussion on the book 'Thou Shall Not Be a Jerk' Rev. Eugene Cho. We were discussing the chapter titled 'Thou shall not lie, get played or be manipulated'. It was the first time I had heard this term.
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