The International Criminal Court (ICC) will now prosecute cyberwar crimes!

[thewayne]

We are, of course, talking about major nation-state activities, such as what Russia has been trying to do in Ukraine since their invasion and annexation of Crimea continuing with their invasion and war against all of Ukraine.

There are some very interesting things in this article, such as some countries that will not extradite to the USA such as Switzerland and Ecuador, do cooperate with the ICC/Hague. And these investigations don't just target the people on the keyboards/pulling the triggers, they go up the command chain, potentially to the very top!

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/09/the-international-criminal-court-will-now-prosecute-cyberwar-crimes/

Comments

[dewline]

Good news, that!

[thewayne]

It's going to be interesting to see what develops from it.  Considering how many attacks have come from Russia with official government permission, I'd love to see some of these people go before the Hague!

[disneydream06]

I don't want anything bad to happen in Switzerland, but some times I wish we had somebody they wanted to put on trial. :o
Hugs, Jon

[thewayne]

Switzerland has lots of dirty laundry from holding Nazi money, gold, art, etc. that they don't like to talk about.  They are not the angels that a lot of people think they are.

[disneydream06]

And don't even get started on their current banking practices. ARGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[silveradept]

Good to see that the ICC is taking on these crimes as well. We'll have to see how well they're able to do so, given the general attitude of most of the bigger players that the ICC is a gnat to be swatted away or ignored rather than an entity with some kind of jurisdiction to hold everyone accountable for their actions.

[thewayne]

Yeah, it's definitely going to be a wait and see to see how effective this can be.