L’applicabilità delle norme riguardanti lo spionaggio e la partecipazione diretta dei civili alle ostilità al fenomeno del Cyber Exploitation (The Applicability to Cyber Exploitation of the Rules on Espionage and Direct Participation of Civilians in the Hostilities)

M. Distefano (ed.), La protezione dei dati personali ed informatici nell’era della sorveglianza globale: temi scelti, Editoriale Scientifica, Napoli, 2017, pp. 37-65

31 Pages Posted: 11 Sep 2019

Date Written: February 10, 2017

Abstract

Italian Abstract: Cyber exploitation è un nuovo modo di raccogliere informazioni attraverso network informatici. L'articolo si concentra sulle operazione di cyber exploitation condotte in tempo di conflitto armato al fine di verificare se alcune norme di diritto internazionale umanitario sono applicabili. In particolare, l'articolo si concentra sull'applicabilità delle norme in materia di spionaggio e quelle in materia di diretta partecipazione dei civili nelle ostilità.

English Abstract: Cyber exploitation is a new means of intelligence gathering that consists in the use of cyber offensive actions for the purpose of obtaining information resident on or transiting through an adversary’s computer systems. This paper, after an examination of the international humanitarian law rules regarding intelligence collection in times of war, and specifically regarding espionage, verifies whether these old rules are applicable and relevant for the activity of cyber exploitation. In addition, this paper examines the applicability to cyber exploitation of the rule regarding direct participation of civilians in hostilities. The conclusion is that international humanitarian law considers cyber exploitation to be lawful since the law of armed conflict does not prohibit intelligence gathering; however, the examined specific international humanitarian law rules are not applicable to cyber exploitation.

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Keywords: cyber exploitation, espionage, international humanitarian law

Suggested Citation

Longobardo, Marco, L’applicabilità delle norme riguardanti lo spionaggio e la partecipazione diretta dei civili alle ostilità al fenomeno del Cyber Exploitation (The Applicability to Cyber Exploitation of the Rules on Espionage and Direct Participation of Civilians in the Hostilities) (February 10, 2017). M. Distefano (ed.), La protezione dei dati personali ed informatici nell’era della sorveglianza globale: temi scelti, Editoriale Scientifica, Napoli, 2017, pp. 37-65, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3332038

Marco Longobardo (Contact Author)

University of Westminster ( email )

4-12 Little Titchfield Street
London, W1W 7BY
United Kingdom

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