| Peter Suciu Dec 17, 2015 5:00 AM PT | |
 | The idea of a "Cyber Geneva Convention" has gained steam in the last five years. Based on the original Geneva Convention, it would ensure that certain types of attacks and specific targets would remain off- limits in a cyberwar. The concept of rules dictating what shouldn't be allowed in war came about after Henry Dunant visited wounded soldiers during the Second Italian War of Unification. [More...] |
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