Cybercrime has increased dramatically in this century. Although there is broad academic consensus that a dearth of official data on crimes committed in cyberspace hampers cybercrime enforcement efforts, even the most affluent nations have not yet managed to systematically catalogue cybercrime statistics. Through a detailed analysis of efforts to keep track of this ever-evolving area… Continue reading Advancing Accurate & Objective Cybercrime Metrics
Tag: Cyber Attacks
Persistent Enforcement: Criminal Charges as a Response to Nation-State Malicious Cyber Activity
Malicious cyber activities by foreign states present major challenges to the US government. Foreign governments steal intellectual property, attack election systems, wage influence campaigns, and cripple American companies. One tool brought to bear most recently against these state actors is the criminal indictment. This article reviews the use of criminal charges as a response to… Continue reading Persistent Enforcement: Criminal Charges as a Response to Nation-State Malicious Cyber Activity
The 2014 Sony Hack and the Role of International Law
In this article, Clare Sullivan posits that the 2014 hack of Sony Pictures Entertainment (“Sony Hack”) heralds the arrival of a new form of modern warfare. She argues that the current state of international law is inadequate to deal with hacks like this one, which do not cause physical damage but which nonetheless result in… Continue reading The 2014 Sony Hack and the Role of International Law