Should 'war exclusion' clauses apply to network hacks?
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PhD candidate Natasha Gooden and Associate Professor Subhajit Basu have written an article for The Register in the wake of the NotPetya cyber-attack.
They argue that ‘the result of the case will have enormous ramifications for cyber insurance policies and a significant impact on the monetisation of cybercrime’ and ask whether war exclusion clauses are fit for purpose under International Humanitarian Law as cyber-attacks.
Throughout the article they analyse the notorious file-scrambling software case in June 2017, which caused global havoc that affected government agencies, power suppliers, healthcare providers and big business.