IHL Targeting in Cyberspace: A Hypothetical Case
Abstract:Cyber-attacks are no longer the stuff of science fiction. Now that cyberweapons have the capability to go kinetic, much of the difficult legal analysis relating to cyberwarfare begins to clear: the physical effects of Stuxnet allow legal scholars to elucidate the evidentiary problem inherent in previous cyberwarfare discussions. This analysis reveals that the permissible list of targets for cyberattacks may be far larger than what would be possible in a traditional conventional armed conflict.