Tag Archives: Cyberwarfare

The recent hack of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and the United States’ subsequent decision to impose retaliatory sanctions against Russia poses an important question:  what does international law have to say about state-sponsored cyberattacks?  Unfortunately, and perhaps unsurprisingly, the answer is, very little.  While technological innovation races ahead at warp speed, international law has lagged behind.

There are no international treaties on cyber warfare.… More

Coming on the heels of recent cyberespionage news, the Wall Street Journal reported today on Pentagon plans to create a new military command focused on cyberwarfare.  The new command will coordinate both offensive and defensive cyberwarfare efforts, focusing, in the latter case, on assisting the National Security Agency (NSA) and the Department of Homeland Security’s National Cyber Security Division (NCSD), the lead agency for domestic cybersecurity efforts.… More