CRS Reports – Week of 6-22-24 – Use of Force in Cyberspace

This last week, the Congressional Research Service (CRS) published an updated version of their report “Use of Force in Cyberspace”. I last discussed this report in December 2023. There have been a number of small changes to the language of the report (adding the abbreviation ‘LOAC’ for the term ‘law of armed conflict’ used throughout the report). The changes do not make any significant change to the author’s points about how cyber operations fit into the concept of LOAC. Still, this short, 2-page report is one that periodically needs to be reviewed by Congress and the Executive Branch, as well as anyone concerned about cyberphysical operations by State actors.