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Why international law is failing to keep pace with technology in preventing cyber attacks

  • Written by Lorraine Finlay, Lecturer in Law, Murdoch University
States that come under cyber attack from state actors have few good legal remedies available to them.Shutterstock

The prime minister’s announcement yesterday that a “sophisticated state actor” had hacked the computer networks of Australia’s major political parties again highlights the serious threat posed by cyber attacks.

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