Document Type
Note
Abstract
This Note will discuss and compare the history and definitions of traditional warfare and contrast potential acts of war through the lens of the cyber realm and describe examples of past attacks on both the United States and other governments. It will continue on to examine incidents that have occurred on various components of the U.S. grid and also explore the most famous and first true cyber-attacks, the Stuxnet worm. Finally, this Note will analyze and apply the existing laws and traditional legal framework surrounding the use of force and armed attack thresholds to ultimately conclude that a Stuxnet-like attack should legally be considered a true cyber-attack of war.
Recommended Citation
Ashley M. Berger,
The End of the War as We Know It: How an Act of Cyber Warfare Could Impact the U.S. Energy Grid,
22 J. Tech. L. & Pol'y
(2017).
Available at: https://scholarship.law.ufl.edu/jtlp/vol22/iss1/3