Journal of National Security Law & Policy

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Herbert S. Lin

Dr. Herbert Lin is chief scientist at the Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, National Research Council of the National Academies, where he has been study director of major projects on public policy and information technology.

Offensive Cyber Operations and the Use of Force

August 13, 2010 | 0 Comments | By Herbert S. Lin

Hostile actions against a computer system or network can take two forms. One form – a cyber attack – is destructive in nature. An example of such a hostile action is erasure by a computer virus resident on the hard disk of any infected computer.

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