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NATO experts have made a document under which the members of the alliance should meet military strikes in the event of a serious cyber threats. Thus, cyber-attacks amount to military action.
The way to respond to cyber attacks, stated in the document drawn up by twenty experts in law, with the participation of the International Committee of the Red Cross and the U.S. Cyber Command, reports Guardian.
Customer made cyber security center of NATO, which was established in 2008 in Tallinn, capital of Estonia, after the cyber-attacks on this country in 2007 then in the attacks of the «denial of service» (DoS) was disrupted Web sites in Estonia. The Estonian government was accused of organizing attacks Russia.
The final document called Tallinn Manual on the International Law Applicable to Cyber Warfare was published last week in the center of the site and released in paper form Cambridge University in the UK.
According to Sgt Kirby Abbott , A representative of NATO, » this manifesto is the most important document defining the principles of cyber warfare «.
In total, the document contains 95 rules. One of the rules, at number 22 contains a definition of armed conflict. » International armed conflict exists whenever conducted military operations, which may include or be limited to cyber-operations between two or more States «- Says the rule.
Another rule, at number 80 is devoted to the methods of responding to attacks on critical infrastructure such as dams and nuclear power plants, the destruction of which could lead to the death of the population.
As noted, the manifesto is not an official NATO document and does not talk about the official policy of the alliance, and is only a recommendation, reports CNews.ru .