Cyber Attribution
Technical and Legal Approaches and Challenges
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12198165 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nicholas Tsagourias (0000-0002-1701-2572, International Law at the University of Sheffield and Director of the Sheffield Centre for International and European Law, UK, corresponding author), Michael Farrell (0000-0002-0634-9719, Georgia Institute of Technology) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 941-967 |
| Publication date | 2020-08-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Journal of International Law (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0938-5428 • E-ISSN: 1464-3596 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/ejil/chaa057 |
| OpenAlex | W3041211241 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
Considering the role of attribution in the law of state responsibility, this article examines the technical and international law methodologies and determinants used when attributing malicious cyber activities falling below the use-of-force threshold to a state, and identifies the challenges that arise which lead to responsibility gaps. The article goes on to discuss a number of proposals that aim to improve the effectiveness of the attribution process and also close some of the existing responsibility gaps. They include institutional proposals envisaging the creation of an international attribution agency; normative proposals advocating the revision of the legal determinants of attribution; and proposals concerning the standard of proof. The aim of the article is to reconstruct the theory and practice of cyber attribution in order to enhance the regulatory potential of international law in this area
Agency (philosophy · Attribution · Business · International law · Law and economics · Normative · Order (exchange · Political science · Process (computing · Public relations · Social science · Sociology · State (computer science · State responsibility · Computer Science · Cybersecurity and Cyber Warfare Studies · International Law and Human Rights · Law, AI, and Intellectual Property · Psychology · Law · Social Psychology
| Citations per year | 1.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |