Terrorists at Threshold of Using Internet as Tool of Bloodshed, Experts Say. Unsettling signs of al Qaeda`s aims and skills in cyberspace have led some government experts to conclude that terrorists are at the threshold of using the Internet as a direct instrument of bloodshed. The new threat bears little resemblance to familiar financial disruptions by hackers responsible for viruses and worms. It comes instead at the meeting points of computers and the physical structures they control. Full Story