Military Objectives in Cyber Warfare

Roscini, Marco

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“…In general, the term "cyberwar" is used for potentially dangerous operations in cyberspace, i.e. a war that takes place in and through computers, in digital networks that connect them, and in which states or their proxies participate against other states (Roscini, 2016;Paziuk, 2022). Cyber warfare is usually waged against adversaries' governmental or military digital networks to damage, destroy, or block their use.…”

Section: Using International Conventions To Counter Cyber Threats And...mentioning

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Cyber Military Threat and International Law: Assessing the Response to Cyber Attacks in the Military Context

2023

Futurity of Social Sciences

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The purpose of the article is to analyse cyber-military threats through the prism of assessing the response to cyber-attacks in international law. To achieve this goal, the author used the scientific methods of analysis, synthesis, content analysis, and the dogmatic method. Using the proposed methodology, 51 professional studies were analysed, which allowed for an impartial approach to the assessment of the main issue. The results show that one of the key difficulties is identifying the parties to the conflict, as cyberattacks are not limited by state borders, and identifying their initiator can be difficult. The problem of determining the subject of responsibility, in particular in cases of actions of civilian personnel, makes the definition of the conflict as a military one more uncertain. Under the UN Charter, the use of force between states is limited, making it difficult to unify the rules of cyber warfare at the international level. The terms “cyberwar” and “cyberattacks” are applied to potentially dangerous operations in digital networks, but their definition and regulation remain open questions. All of this requires new approaches and international standards to effectively regulate and ensure security in cyberspace, in particular, given its unique aspects and impact on international relations. The Tallinn Book, which is an informal collection of expert opinions, examines issues such as the definition of cyberattacks, self-defence in cyberspace, and the application of the principle of non-use of force in the digital environment. This document may serve as a basis for a future international convention that will regulate legal relations in cyberspace at the international level. The conclusions emphasise that without the political will of international actors, the solution to the problems of countering cyber warfare is hampered.

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Section: Using International Conventions To Counter Cyber Threats And...mentioning

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Cyber Military Threat and International Law: Assessing the Response to Cyber Attacks in the Military Context

2023

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“…The criterion is controversial in its original legal function as a measure of attack severity legitimising a military response, because it treats as an attack the physical destruction of a single server but not the incapacitation of an object (e.g. civilian power station) for days (Roscini 2017). However, our question here does not concern the justification of acts of wars, thus the distinction is far less problematic in our context.…”

Section: Cybersecurity Of Critical Infrastructurementioning

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“…However, some such attacks do, for example, the use of drones hacked or guided by malicious AI to carry explosives in the proximity of a dam. An instance of A2 (physical attack without physical damage) can be the use of graphite bombs, which spread extremely fine carbon filaments over electrical components that cause fully recoverable physical damage to the infrastructure: a short-circuit and a disruption of the electrical supply (Roscini 2017). This clearly counts as a cybersecurity threat, and it may not count as a physical attack according to our definition, as it is possible that no physical component needs replacement.…”

Section: Cybersecurity Of Critical Infrastructurementioning

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“…Any substantial and long perpetuated attack of the functioning of the Internet, when it does not cause physical damage to machineries or people, falls in category B2. An example is the sustained DDoS attack against the Chinese national domain name resolution registry on 25 August 2013, which interrupted or slowed down connectivity (Roscini 2017) without any lasting physical damage. Therefore, the same critical infrastructure, e.g.…”

Section: Cybersecurity Of Critical Infrastructurementioning

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“…the Internet, can be attacked by causing physical or merely functional damage, i.e. by targeting respectively its hardware or software components (Roscini 2017). The Internet is also vulnerable to both physical and 'merely cyber' means of attacks, e.g.…”

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Yaghmaei

2020

The International Library of Ethics, Law and Technology

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This chapter provides a political and philosophical analysis of the values at stake in ensuring cybersecurity for critical infrastructures. It presents a review of the boundaries of cybersecurity in national security, with a focus on the ethics of surveillance for protecting critical infrastructures and the use of AI. A bibliographic analysis of the literature is applied until 2016 to identify and discuss the cybersecurity value conflicts and ethical issues in national security. This is integrated with an analysis of the most recent literature on cyber-threats to national infrastructure and the role of AI. This chapter demonstrates that the increased connectedness of digital and non-digital infrastructure enhances the trade-offs between values identified in the literature of the past years, and supports this thesis with the analysis of four case studies.

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Military Objectives in Cyber Warfare

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