Volunteers joining the effort to attack Russia in cyberspace may, legally speaking, have made themselves into active combatants — and legitimate targets for retaliation. They could even unwittingly find themselves complicit in war crimes.
The Geneva Conventions didn't anticipate cyberwar. That means there are conflicting interpretations about what war crimes might look like in cyberspace, and who is accountable when they happen.
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