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Attribution, delayed attribution and covert cyber-attack. Under what conditions should the United States publicly acknowledge responsibility for cyber operations?

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McDade, Wylie
Date
2014-03
Advisor
Huntley, Wade
Denning, Dorothy E.
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Self-attribution is a public declaration of responsibility for the conduct of an operation. It is distinguished from covert operations, where perpetrators provide no such acknowledgement and attempt to conceal their identities. Although self-attribution is always an option, this thesis examines legal and strategic reasons for a nation state to publically acknowledge its role in the conduct of a cyber-operation. The central result is that whereas neither international law nor national policy requires self-attribution, under certain strategic conditions it may be preferred.
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