http://www.businessinsider.com/sony-hack-should-be-considered-an-act-of-war-2014-12
By MICHAEL B KELLEY AND ARMIN ROSEN
Business Insider
DEC. 15, 2014
The most devastating cyberattack ever on a US-based company wasn't an act
of war, according to established guidelines of cyberwarfare.
NATO's Tallinn Manual defines an act of cyberwar that permits a military
response as "a cyber operation, whether offensive or defensive, that is
reasonably expected to cause injury or death to persons or damage or
destruction to objects."
The world after the Sony Pictures hack may require a new perspective.
Dave Aitel, a former NSA research scientist and CEO of the cybersecurity
firm Immunity, argues that while the attack "doesn’t meet the threshold
for a response by our military," it should still be viewed as an act of
war.
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