The International Red Cross Committee (ICKK) published the world’s first rules for conducting cyber warfare for civilian hackers participating in military conflicts for their country. This solution comes in response to the increasing involvement of individuals in patriotic cyber groups.
ICKK, responsible for monitoring the rules of cyber warfare, has proposed new guidelines for hacker groups, cautioning them that their actions could jeopardize their lives, as well as the lives of others, if their hacking activities deem them as legitimate military targets.
The rules, based on international humanitarian law, consist of eight points:
- Do not direct cyber attacks towards civilian objects;
- Do not use malware or other tools and techniques that spread automatically and uncontrollably, causing harm to military and civilian objects;
- When planning cyber attacks on military targets, make every effort to avoid or minimize the consequences that a hacker campaign can have on civilians;
- Do not carry out cyber operations against medical and humanitarian facilities;
- Do not conduct cyber attacks on objects crucial for the survival of the population or that may unleash dangerous forces;
- Do not employ violence or threats to spread terror among the civilian population;
- Do not commit violations of international humanitarian law, even in response to the enemy’s non-compliance with the rules.
In response to the new Red Cross rules, the representative of the Killnet group questioned, “Why should I listen to the Red Cross?”
The representative of the group…