Journal article
The attribution problem and cyber armed attacks
AJIL Unbound, Vol.113, pp.202-206
2019
Abstract
In late 2018, the U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security suggested that “cyber-attacks now exceed the risk of physical attacks.” Yet the law has not kept pace with this reality. In particular, identifying who is responsible for a cyberattack makes it difficult to regulate this conduct. A state often cannot practically respond to a threat unless it knows from where the threat emanates and potentially who is responsible. Attribution of cyber conduct is critical from a legal perspective because the unlawful act must be attributable to another state for state responsibility to be engaged...
Details
- Title
- The attribution problem and cyber armed attacks
- Authors/Creators
- L. Finlay (Author/Creator)C. Payne (Author/Creator)
- Publication Details
- AJIL Unbound, Vol.113, pp.202-206
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Identifiers
- 991005544071707891
- Copyright
- © 2019 by The American Society of International Law
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Law and Criminology
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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