The US Needs To Stop Pretending The Sony Hack Is Anything Less Than An Act Of War

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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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