Information War Crimes: Mitnick Meets Milosevic

Abstract

In this paper the author examines areas of overlap between information crimes (also known as hacking and cyberterrorism) and traditional war crimes as defined by the internationally accepted laws of armed conflict paying special attention to the principles of chivalry, humanity, proportionality, and military necessity. The paper further explores the potential culpability of information warfare practitioners should this intersection of information warfare and war crimes become codified into international law.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADA406953

Entities

People

  • Darwyn O. Banks

Organizations

  • Air Command and Staff College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Computer Crime
  • Computer Networks
  • Computers
  • Cybersecurity
  • Employment
  • Governments
  • Information Operations
  • Information Systems
  • Information Warfare
  • International Law
  • Mobile Phones
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Irregular Warfare and Special Operations Cyberspace Operations against Adversarial Threats.
  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.

Technology Areas

  • Cyber
  • Cyber - Legality in Cyberspace