Ukraine, Cyberattacks, and the Lessons for International Law

IF 1.2 Q2 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AJIL Unbound Pub Date : 2022-05-23 DOI:10.1017/aju.2022.20
K. Eichensehr
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Russia's invasion of Ukraine has put to the test theories about how cyberattacks fit into conventional war. Contrary to many expectations, cyber operations appear to have played only a limited role in the initial stages of the invasion, prompting competing theories and rampant speculation about why. Although written while the conflict continues, this essay considers how either of two broad explanations for the limited role of cyberattacks to date—that Russia's attempted cyberattacks were thwarted or that Russia chose not to deploy them widely—challenges conventional wisdom about cybersecurity. The essay concludes by suggesting that one lesson international lawyers should draw from the current conflict is the urgent need to clarify and enforce international rules not just for the rare high-end destructive or widely disruptive cyber operations, but also for lower-level operations that have proven more consistently problematic, both in Ukraine and elsewhere. Clarifying such rules could help to manage escalation risk now and in the future, even if such rules—like the most venerable international law prohibitions that Russia's invasion has violated—do not necessarily restrain behavior directly.
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乌克兰,网络攻击,以及国际法的教训
俄罗斯入侵乌克兰使网络攻击如何融入常规战争的理论受到考验。与许多人的预期相反,网络行动在入侵的最初阶段似乎只发挥了有限的作用,引发了相互竞争的理论和对原因的疯狂猜测。尽管这篇文章是在冲突持续期间撰写的,但它考虑了对迄今为止网络攻击作用有限的两种广泛解释——俄罗斯的网络攻击未遂被挫败,或者俄罗斯选择不广泛部署——如何挑战关于网络安全的传统智慧。文章最后指出,国际律师应该从当前的冲突中吸取的一个教训是,迫切需要澄清和执行国际规则,不仅针对罕见的高端破坏性或广泛破坏性网络行动,而且针对在乌克兰和其他地方被证明问题更大的低级别行动。澄清这些规则可能有助于管理现在和未来的升级风险,即使这些规则——比如俄罗斯入侵所违反的最受尊敬的国际法禁令——不一定会直接约束行为。
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