New Technologies in International Law / Tymofeyeva, Crhák et al.

increasing number of activities are being shifted to the digital sphere which creates new „possibilities“ for more malicious cyber activity and simultaneously, new forms of cyber sanctions; and secondly, the existing state practice seems to support the proposition that states (victims of cyber-attacks) are reluctant to officially attribute these acts to specific states. This is due to the uncertainties of attribution under the current international legal framework (ARSIWA). Nevertheless, another reason for this is that cyber sanctions provide a relatively comfortable tool for states to react against future malicious cyber activities. It provides a certain leeway for states as there is a lack of state practice in this area and a relative paucity of legal regulation.

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