There is now broad recognition among many States, including the United States, that existing international law serves as the appropriate framework applicable to activity in cyberspace in a variety of contexts, including in connection with hostilities. This area of international law involves two related bodies of law. The first one is jus ad bellum, which is the framework that addresses the use of force triggering a State’s right of self-defense; and the second one is jus in bello, which is the body of law governing the conduct of hostilities in the context of an armed conflict and is sometimes called the international law of armed conflict, the law of war, or international humanitarian law.
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