From the Reference Desk: Cyber Operations and International Law

FCIL Special Interest Section of AALL – Jonathan Pratter – “A student had a question: If State A doxes State B for hacking State C, what would be the result under international law? The student was in the law school class, International Law of Cyber Conflict. My immediate response was, “That is a good question. Let me get back to you.” Every reference librarian needs a fall-back response like this. We can’t know everything immediately. The question was substantive, but since the student was asking a librarian, I understood that she wanted to know what resources there are that would help answer the question…”