Was Stuxnet an act of war? Decoding a cyberattack

IEEE Security and Privacy

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 56-59

  Fidler, David P ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; armed attack; cybersecurity; cyberweapons; international law; intervention; Stuxnet; use of force; war

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARMED ATTACK; CYBER SECURITY; CYBERWEAPONS; INTERVENTION; STUXNET; USE OF FORCE; WAR;

COMPUTER CRIME;

EID: 80051478850     PISSN: 15407993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MSP.2011.96     Document Type: Article

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