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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2018-02-20more like thismore than 2018-02-20
answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
answering dept id 16 more like this
answering dept short name Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
answering dept sort name Foreign and Commonwealth Office remove filter
hansard heading Electronic Warfare more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty's Government what criteria they use to determine whether cyber aggression constitutes an act of war; and in such cases, what plans they have to allow for Parliamentary scrutiny of any evidence. more like this
tabling member printed
Viscount Waverley more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2018-03-06more like thismore than 2018-03-06
answer text <p>The UN Charter applies in its entirety to state actions in cyberspace, including the prohibition of the use of force (Article 2(4)). The Government considers that a cyber-operation may constitute an “armed attack” if its scale and physical effects are equivalent to those achieved by a conventional attack which would meet the same threshold. Whether a particular cyber operation constituted an “armed attack” would need to be considered in light of all the relevant facts and circumstances.</p> more like this
answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon more like this
question first answered
less than 2018-03-06T15:19:52.523Zmore like thismore than 2018-03-06T15:19:52.523Z
answering member
4210
label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon more like this
tabling member
1744
label Biography information for Viscount Waverley more like this