The rule of war

摘要

The stuff of headlines around the world, cyber warfare undoubtedly is a trending term. However, as nations engage with one another in shadowy conflicts taking place in the digital sphere, experts are questioning whether treaties and rules that were created for kinetic fighting apply to a new era of combat. Those questions only have intensified following the release by Mandiant, an Alexandria, Va.-based incident response and forensic security firm, of a 60-page report revealing the tactics of a Chinese military unit that remotely stole sensitive data from U.S. organizations.