Cyber Attacks and International Law on the Use of Force: The Turn to Information Ethics

Examining the thematic intersection of law, technology and violence, this book explores cyber attacks against states and current international law on the use of force. The theory of information ethics is used to critique the law’s conception of violence and to develop an informational approach as an alternative way to think about cyber attacks.

Cyber attacks against states constitute a new form of violence in the information age, and international law on the use of force is limited in its ca...