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The Law Of Cyber Warfare: Restrictions, Opportunities And Loopholes, Nicholas Tsagourias Jan 2017

The Law Of Cyber Warfare: Restrictions, Opportunities And Loopholes, Nicholas Tsagourias

Canadian Journal of Law and Technology

The article considers the applicability of existing international rules on the use of force to cyber attacks and assesses their effectiveness. The author’s conclusion is that the current regime on the use of force fails to capture the particularities of cyber attacks and for this reason he makes some tentative proposals for enhancing security in this area.


International And Canadian Law Rules Applicable To Cyber Attacks By State And Non-State Actors, Matthew E. Castel Jan 2012

International And Canadian Law Rules Applicable To Cyber Attacks By State And Non-State Actors, Matthew E. Castel

Canadian Journal of Law and Technology

This essay, which contains a broad ranging overview of several important issues raised by the recent number of cyber attacks in Canada and elsewhere, begins with a definition of cyberspace and cyber war. It is followed by a brief survey of some cyber attacks that have occurred in Canada and elsewhere in recent years. The first part addresses the question whether present rules of international law applicable to armed attacks using kinetic weapons apply to the wide notion of cyber attacks by a state actor against the government and critical civilian infrastructures of another state and concludes that they do. …