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9 J. Int'l Bus. & L. 1 (2010)

handle is hein.journals/jibla9 and id is 1 raw text is: CYBERTERRORISM: ARE WE LEGALLY READY? Aviv Cohen* INTRODUCTION Human beings, by their very nature, have a tendency to find the destructive side of most innovations and advancements. Current technological developments present us with opportunities to enrich our lives by using simple, quick and high-quality devices. At the same time, these technological developments also hold the potential to be used as weapons in the hands of terrorists. When I first became acquainted with the idea of cyberterrorism, I was fascinated by the large amount of ink that had already been spilled on the gloom prospects that cyberterrorism is not a question of if' but of when. However, there was no reference as to how the international community can react to such an attack after it had happened. This article is an attempt to take that next step, and try to analyze whether the international tool kit is well equipped to handle cyberterrorism. I have focused on the legal aspects, rather than discussing the technological options to combat cyberterrorism. While existing counter-terror conventions could, by way of legal interpretation, apply to cyberterrorism, there could be a better direct way of addressing this threat, via the creation of an explicit regime for the suppression of cyberterrorism consisting of conventional prohibitions, Security Council resolutions and international criminal laws. The article includes four parts. Part I sets the stage for the arguments presented above, and provides a brief introduction to the concept of terrorism and the international response to these terrorist threats. Part II defines what cyberterrorism is and what distinguishes it from other manifestations of terrorism. Part III examines international conventions that were designed to address certain types of terrorism and whether they would be applicable in cases of cyberterrorism. Finally, Part IV discusses several avenues to address cyberterrorism in the future. * This Article is based on my LL.M. Thesis. I would like to thank Prof Moshe Hirsch and Prof Yuval Shany of the Law Faculty of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem for their insightful and inspiring notes. This article is dedicated to my parents, Netta and Amir Cohen. I

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