The answer is probably not -- at least an unprovoked attack -- based on extensive new legal research appearing in an upcoming issue of the British journal INFO.The research describes a 150-year-old series of Geneva Conventions relating to cyberwar. However, a precise answer to the question is impossible because no one has actually defined the term "cyberwar" and reaching broad agreement on a definition seems problematic at best.Both "cyber" and "war" have remained elusive abstractions over many years. In addition, once attacked, all nations typically assert a right to proportional responsive measures, and during war, all means of attack are usually employed.

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