Cyberwarfare Law
Countries throughout the world have written laws regarding cyberattacks that address their own internal needs. However, the international laws of warfare in the form of the Geneva Conventions and UN decisions have not been updated to address cyberwar techniques and technologies. Major cyberattacks, such as Stuxnet, Aurora, and Flame, as well as the increasing development of cyberwarfare capabilities by nation-state militaries, demonstrate that this is an area that nation-states intend to use more heavily in the future.
Due to the lack of precedent from international courts, and the quickly evolving capabilities of cyberattackers, effective law covering cyberwarfare may be difficult to create. Until the Geneva Conventions are ...
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