Law of War and Its Applicability in the Area of Cyber World

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10.2991/aebmr.k.220405.174How to use a DOI?

Keywords

cyber-attack; cyber warfare; law of wartime; cyber space

Abstract

Nowadays, computer science and technology developed rapidly and plays an crucial role of our daily life. The attack which occurred in cyberspace from a state or non-state group could make serious negative effect on huge amount of people’s lives and even threaten the national security since the popularization of Internet in all aspects of financial, political, and also strongly related to national security. For example, a cyber-attack on national financial system could not only causes huge economic losses, but also harmful to the overall trust in the system it destroyed. Though a huge amount of cyber incidents aimed at economic crime, it’s necessary for each state be awareness of the threat from cyber space based on the growing technological means and changing form of cyber-attack. Then, the debate of application of relevant of the law of war in the field of cyber-attacks appeared to the international stage. The purpose of this article is to conduct an exploratory qualitative analysis of the application of relevant of the wartime law in the realm of cyber-attacks; to gain an fundamental understanding of the attack, and to find counteractive methods and strategies each states have institutionalized to alleviate future cyber-attacks. The origin could be various such as the case study of happened cyber-attack and the Tallinn Manual which was written by some experts on the study of Internet. This study could also applies to cyber conflicts and cyber warfare. The article will raise concerns about areas where the law of armed conflicts remained unclear and imperfect in addressing this new threat emanating from the cyber world.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Zhuo Chen
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/04/29
TI  - Law of War and Its Applicability in the Area of Cyber World
BT  - Proceedings of the 2022 7th International Conference on Social Sciences and Economic Development (ICSSED 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 1039
EP  - 1042
SN  - 2352-5428
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/aebmr.k.220405.174
DO  - 10.2991/aebmr.k.220405.174
ID  - Chen2022
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