"Legal asymmetry" in the context of liability of the state and state sponsored cyber-attacks actors

Proceeding of the Conference “Behind the Digital Curtain. Civil Society vs 

State Sponsored Cyber Attacks”, Brussels - 25/06/2019 


The globalised world is more and more confronted with the phenomenon of “hybrid war”, which poses a new type of threat based on a combination of military and non-military means such as cyber-attacks, mass disinformation campaigns and many others.


Cyber-attacks are particularly dangerous as they can hit the country’s strategic infrastructure, interrupt political processes and influence economic development. Therefore, hybrid war can destabilise and undermine entire societies. The increasingly widespread use of these new tactics, especially in combination, raises concerns about the adequacy of existing legal norms.